Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 66
The arrival of the father, however, put an end to all fear, and after a short consultation, whether they should enter the desolate, ghost-like ruins, curiosity triumphed, so much the more, since they observed that the track of the dogs led through the bushes into the wall.
Who acts: arrival, curiosity, track, father · What happens: put, enter, triumph, observe, lead, arrive · To what, where: end, desolate, bushes
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 (arrival, curiosity, track, father), 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 arrival | det |
| 2 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 father | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 father | det |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrival | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 arrival | punct |
| 7 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 put | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 however | punct |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 fear | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 fear | det |
| 14 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 consultation | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 consultation | cc |
| 17 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 consultation | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 consultation | det |
| 19 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 consultation | amod |
| 20 | consultation | consultation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 enter | punct |
| 22 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 25 enter | mark |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 enter | nsubj |
| 24 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 enter | aux |
| 25 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 put | parataxis |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 desolate | det |
| 27 | desolate | desolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 enter | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 ruins | punct |
| 29 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 like | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 ghost | punct |
| 31 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 ruins | amod |
| 32 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 desolate | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 triumphed | punct |
| 34 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 triumphed | nsubj |
| 35 | triumphed | triumph | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 desolate | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 more | punct |
| 37 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 much | advmod |
| 38 | much | much | ADV | _ | 40 more | advmod |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 more | det |
| 40 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 25 enter | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 observed | punct |
| 42 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 44 observed | mark |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 observed | nsubj |
| 44 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 enter | parataxis |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 led | mark |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 track | det |
| 47 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 led | nsubj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 dogs | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 dogs | det |
| 50 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 track | nmod |
| 51 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 observed | advcl |
| 52 | through | through | ADP | _ | 54 bushes | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 bushes | det |
| 54 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 led | obl |
| 55 | into | into | ADP | _ | 57 wall | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 wall | det |
| 57 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 led | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | the arrival of the father | a end | after a short consultation | to all fear; however property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | ||
| 2 | enter | should | curiosity | the desolate and like ruins | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | triumph | past | curiosity | the desolate and like ruins not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | observe | past | curiosity | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | lead | past | the track of the dogs | the bushes | into the wall | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent through bush=Destination | |||
| 6 | arrive | the father | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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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