Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 107
All the servants from Nordhausen and the other surrounding places, when they drive into the forest the first time for wood, must creep three times through this hole--which is only done with difficulty; and as they creep in, and on the opposite side out, their comrades lash them with their whips.
Who acts: Nordhausen, first time, comrades · What happens: drive, creep, do, creep in, lash · To what, where: forest, hole, opposite side, Nordhausen, servants
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nordhausen, first time, comrades), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 servants | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 servants | det |
| 3 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Nordhausen | case |
| 5 | Nordhausen | Nordhausen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 servants | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 places | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 places | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 places | amod |
| 9 | surrounding | surrounding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 places | compound |
| 10 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Nordhausen | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 drive | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 drive | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 drive | nsubj |
| 14 | drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 places | acl:relcl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 forest | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 forest | det |
| 17 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drive | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 time | det |
| 19 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 time | amod |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 creep | nsubj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 wood | case |
| 22 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 time | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 time | punct |
| 24 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 creep | aux |
| 25 | creep | creep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 forest | acl:relcl |
| 26 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 times | nummod |
| 27 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 creep | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | through | through | ADP | _ | 30 hole | case |
| 29 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 hole | det |
| 30 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 creep | obl |
| 31 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 35 done | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 done | obj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 done | aux:pass |
| 34 | only | only | ADV | _ | 35 done | advmod |
| 35 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 hole | acl:relcl |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 difficulty | case |
| 37 | difficulty | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 done | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 lash | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 lash | cc |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 creep | mark |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 creep | nsubj |
| 42 | creep | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 lash | advcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADV | _ | 42 creep | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 side | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 side | cc |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 side | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 side | det |
| 48 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 side | amod |
| 49 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 creep | obl |
| 50 | out | out | ADV | _ | 49 side | advmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 creep | punct |
| 52 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 comrades | nmod:poss |
| 53 | comrades | comrade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 lash | nsubj |
| 54 | lash | lash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 servants | parataxis |
| 55 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 lash | obj |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 whips | case |
| 57 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 whips | nmod:poss |
| 58 | whips | whip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 lash | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 servants | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | present | Nordhausen | the forest | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into forest=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | creep | must | the first time for wood | the forest not said here | this hole | time | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location forest=Theme | ||
| 3 | do | present · passive | this hole | with difficulty | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: which=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | creep in | present | Nordhausen | the opposite side | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | lash | present | Nordhausen's comrades | Nordhausen | with Nordhausen's whips | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with whip=Theme |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/107/