Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 64

The way he had to take was perfectly strange to him, although he had often been in the same wood before; also the forest seemed very much altered; in the place of the young, slender trees, stood primeval, mighty oaks, and under their deep shades, through an opening in the trees, rose the grey dilapidated walls of a ruined church.

Who acts: wolf, way, forest, oaks · What happens: have, take, be, seem, alter, stand · To what, where: way, wolf, same wood, primeval, place, grey dilapidated walls

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wolf, way, forest, oaks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strange	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 way	acl:relcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 strange	cop
8	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	9 strange	advmod
9	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strange	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wood	punct
13	although	although	SCONJ	_	21 wood	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 wood	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 wood	aux
16	often	often	ADV	_	21 wood	advmod
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 wood	cop
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wood	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 wood	amod
21	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strange	conj
22	before	before	ADV	_	21 wood	advmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 seemed	punct
24	also	also	ADV	_	27 seemed	advmod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 forest	det
26	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 seemed	nsubj
27	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 strange	parataxis
28	very	very	ADV	_	29 much	advmod
29	much	much	ADV	_	30 altered	advmod
30	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 seemed	xcomp
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 stood	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 place	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 place	det
34	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 stood	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	40 trees	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 trees	det
37	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 trees	amod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 young	punct
39	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 trees	amod
40	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 place	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 place	punct
42	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 strange	parataxis
43	primeval	primeval	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 stood	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 oaks	punct
45	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 oaks	amod
46	oaks	oak	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 primeval	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 rose	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 rose	cc
49	under	under	ADP	_	52 shades	case
50	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 shades	nmod:poss
51	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 shades	amod
52	shades	shade	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 rose	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 opening	punct
54	through	through	ADP	_	56 opening	case
55	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 opening	det
56	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 shades	appos
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 trees	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 trees	det
59	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 opening	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 shades	punct
61	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 stood	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 walls	det
63	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 walls	amod
64	dilapidated	dilapidate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 walls	amod
65	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 rose	obj
66	of	of	ADP	_	69 church	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 church	det
68	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 church	amod
69	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 walls	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 strange	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	wolf	the way not said here				tree rules
2	take	to-infinitive	the way not said here					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the way		wolf		perfectly, strange property	tree rules
4	is	past · perfect	wolf			the same wood	before, often property	tree rules
5	seem	past	the forest					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
6	alter	participle	the forest not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7	stand	past		primeval and mighty oaks		the place of the young slender trees		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent primeval=Theme in place=Destination
8	rise	past		the grey dilapidated walls of a ruined church		oaks's deep shades		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wall=Theme
9	dilapidate	participle						tree rules
10	ruin	participle						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	shade		oaks = oak					nom shade «state transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 64

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 64