Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 17
The second day she came again, from her head half in human form addressed the shepherd, and told him he must take courage the next day and kiss the serpent, when he would thereby become always fortunate and happy.
Who acts: serpent, head, shepherd · What happens: come, address, tell, take, kiss, become · To what, where: shepherd, courage, serpent · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (serpent, head, shepherd), 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 | 3 day | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 head | punct |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 addressed | nsubj |
| 11 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 10 head | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 form | case |
| 13 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 form | amod |
| 14 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 head | nmod |
| 15 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 shepherd | det |
| 17 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 addressed | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 told | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 told | cc |
| 20 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 told | iobj |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 take | nsubj |
| 23 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 take | aux |
| 24 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 told | ccomp |
| 25 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 take | obj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 day | det |
| 27 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 day | amod |
| 28 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 take | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 kiss | cc |
| 30 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 take | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 serpent | det |
| 32 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 kiss | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 become | punct |
| 34 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 38 become | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 become | nsubj |
| 36 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 become | aux |
| 37 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 38 become | advmod |
| 38 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 take | parataxis |
| 39 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 40 fortunate | advmod |
| 40 | fortunate | fortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 become | xcomp |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 happy | cc |
| 42 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 fortunate | conj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | serpent | again; day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | address | past | serpent's head in human form | the shepherd | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Destination | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | serpent not said here | shepherd | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | take | must | shepherd | courage | day | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | |||
| 5 | kiss | infinitive | shepherd not said here | the serpent | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | become | would | shepherd | fortunate, thereby property | 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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