Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 69
But as he was about to fire, came Hibich and demanded what he was going to do; and as he replied he was going to shoot his son down from the mountain, the King advised him not to attempt anything so foolish.
Who acts: son, Hibich, King · What happens: be, come, demand, go, do, reply · To what, where: about fire, son, mountain, anything · 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 (son, Hibich, King), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 fire | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fire | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fire | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fire | amod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fire | mark |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fire | punct |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Hibich | Hibich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 demanded | cc |
| 12 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 going | nsubj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 going | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 going | aux |
| 16 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 demanded | ccomp |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 do | mark |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 going | xcomp |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 replied | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 replied | cc |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 replied | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 replied | nsubj |
| 23 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | parataxis |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 going | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 going | aux |
| 26 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 replied | ccomp |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 shoot | mark |
| 28 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 going | xcomp |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 son | nmod:poss |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 shoot | obj |
| 31 | down | down | ADV | _ | 28 shoot | advmod |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 mountain | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 mountain | det |
| 34 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 shoot | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 advised | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 King | det |
| 37 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 advised | nsubj |
| 38 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 going | conj |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 advised | obj |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 attempt | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 attempt | mark |
| 42 | attempt | attempt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 advised | ccomp |
| 43 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 42 attempt | obj |
| 44 | so | so | ADV | _ | 45 foolish | advmod |
| 45 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 attempt | xcomp |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | son | about fire | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Hibich | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | demand speech: request | past | Hibich not said here | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 4 | go | past · progressive | what nsubj; son nsubj | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | reply speech: assert | past | son | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | go | past · progressive | son | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | shoot down | to-infinitive | son not said here | son's son | the mountain | down property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent son=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location | ||
| 9 | advise speech: other | past | the King | son | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 10 | not attempt not said to happen | to-infinitive | anything | foolish property | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
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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