Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 84

The figures of the two shepherds and their dogs, hewn in the stone, still look down upon the ancient, imperial city from these towers, where they were placed so many centuries ago as memorials of a somewhat unusual unselfishness.

What happens: look down, place, figure · To what, where: figures, two shepherds

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: 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 figures	det
2	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hewn	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 shepherds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shepherds	det
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 shepherds	nummod
6	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 figures	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dogs	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dogs	nmod:poss
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shepherds	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hewn	punct
11	hewn	hewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 stone	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stone	det
14	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hewn	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 look	punct
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 look	advmod
17	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 hewn	parataxis
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 look	compound:prt
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	24 city	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 city	det
21	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 city	amod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 ancient	punct
23	imperial	imperial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 city	amod
24	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 look	obl
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 towers	case
26	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	27 towers	det
27	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 city	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 placed	punct
29	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	32 placed	advmod
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 placed	nsubj:pass
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 placed	aux:pass
32	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 towers	acl:relcl
33	so	so	ADV	_	34 many	advmod
34	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 centuries	amod
35	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 ago	obl:unmarked
36	ago	ago	ADV	_	32 placed	advmod
37	as	as	ADP	_	38 memorials	case
38	memorials	memorial	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 placed	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	43 unselfishness	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 unselfishness	det
41	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	42 unusual	advmod
42	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 unselfishness	amod
43	unselfishness	unselfishness	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 memorials	nmod
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 hewn	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look down	infinitive		still	upon the ancient imperial city from this towers	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon city=Theme
2	place	past · passive	figures = figure		as memorials of a unusual unselfishness; ago property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme
4	figure		the two shepherds and Shepherds's dogs			nom figure «communication 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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 84

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 84