Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 65
At the entrance to this church, half hidden by wild briars, trees, and ivy, he saw his son standing with a look of amazement and with an uncertain air, for he too had never discovered these ruins, and curiosity and fear of enchantment fought a sharp contest in his breast.
Who acts: church, son, curiosity · What happens: hide, see, stand, not discover, fight, fear · To what, where: half, son, entrance, ruins, sharp contest, breast
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 (church, son, curiosity), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 entrance | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 entrance | det |
| 3 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saw | obl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 church | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 church | det |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entrance | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 half | punct |
| 8 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 6 church | conj |
| 9 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 half | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 briars | case |
| 11 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 briars | amod |
| 12 | briars | briar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hidden | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 trees | punct |
| 14 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 briars | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ivy | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 ivy | cc |
| 17 | ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entrance | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 entrance | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | nsubj |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 son | nmod:poss |
| 22 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saw | obj |
| 23 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 son | acl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 look | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 look | det |
| 26 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 standing | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 amazement | case |
| 28 | amazement | amazement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 look | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 air | cc |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 air | case |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 air | det |
| 32 | uncertain | uncertain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 air | amod |
| 33 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 look | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 discovered | punct |
| 35 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 discovered | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 discovered | nsubj |
| 37 | too | too | ADV | _ | 38 had | advmod |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 discovered | aux |
| 39 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 40 discovered | advmod |
| 40 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 saw | conj |
| 41 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 42 ruins | det |
| 42 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 discovered | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 fought | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 fought | cc |
| 45 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fought | nsubj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 fear | cc |
| 47 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 curiosity | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 enchantment | case |
| 49 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 fear | nmod |
| 50 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 saw | conj |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 contest | det |
| 52 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 contest | amod |
| 53 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fought | obj |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 breast | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 breast | nmod:poss |
| 56 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fought | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | half not said here | by wild briars and trees | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by briar=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | past | church | church's son | the entrance to this church and half and ivy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | stand | gerund | church's son not said here | with a look of amazement and a uncertain air | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | not discover | past · perfect | church | this ruins | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruin=Topic | ||||
| 5 | fight | past | curiosity and fear of enchantment | a sharp contest | church's breast | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Co-Agent | |||
| 6 | fear | enchantment | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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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