Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 113
One day, hunting in the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe, which lies between Gernrode and Ballenstedt, when about to shoot a deer, the Saint saw a cross rise from the head of the animal, when he immediately lost his passion for hunting, and, according to the legend, "his only game became eternity and heavenly bliss."
Who acts: One day, mountain Hubertushöhe, Saint, only game · What happens: hunt, lie, shoot, see, lose, accord · To what, where: old oak wood, Gernrode, deer, cross rise, head, passion
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 (One day, mountain Hubertushöhe, Saint, only game), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 shoot | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hunting | punct |
| 4 | hunting | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 day | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 wood | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wood | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wood | amod |
| 8 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wood | compound |
| 9 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hunting | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 Hubertushöhe | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Hubertushöhe | det |
| 12 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Hubertushöhe | compound |
| 13 | Hubertushöhe | Hubertushöhe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wood | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lies | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 lies | nsubj |
| 16 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 Hubertushöhe | acl:relcl |
| 17 | between | between | ADP | _ | 18 Gernrode | case |
| 18 | Gernrode | Gernrode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 lies | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 Ballenstedt | cc |
| 20 | Ballenstedt | Ballenstedt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Gernrode | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 shoot | punct |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 25 shoot | mark |
| 23 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 25 shoot | mark |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 shoot | mark |
| 25 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 deer | det |
| 27 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 shoot | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 saw | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Saint | det |
| 30 | Saint | Saint | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 saw | nsubj |
| 31 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 shoot | parataxis |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 rise | det |
| 33 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 rise | amod |
| 34 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 saw | obj |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 head | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 head | det |
| 37 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 rise | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 animal | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 animal | det |
| 40 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 head | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 lost | punct |
| 42 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 45 lost | mark |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 lost | nsubj |
| 44 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 45 lost | advmod |
| 45 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 saw | conj |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 passion | nmod:poss |
| 47 | passion | passion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lost | obj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 hunting | case |
| 49 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lost | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 legend | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 legend | cc |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 legend | punct |
| 53 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 56 legend | case |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 according | fixed |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 legend | det |
| 56 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 shoot | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 became | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 62 became | punct |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 game | nmod:poss |
| 60 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 game | amod |
| 61 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 became | nsubj |
| 62 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 legend | conj |
| 63 | eternity | eternity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 became | xcomp |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 bliss | cc |
| 65 | heavenly | heavenly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 bliss | amod |
| 66 | bliss | bliss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 eternity | conj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 shoot | punct |
| 68 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 shoot | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | gerund | One day not said here | the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location | ||||
| 2 | lie | present | the mountain Hubertushöhe | Gernrode and Ballenstedt | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between gernrode=Location | ||||
| 3 | shoot | to-infinitive | a deer | day | accord the legend | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | |||
| 4 | see | past | the Saint | a cross rise | the head of the animal | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | lose | past | Saint | Saint's passion | for hunting; immediately property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passion=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | become in a quote | past | Saint's only game | eternity and heavenly bliss | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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