Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 7
When the sheep had all filed past, the maiden descended from the rocks, came to him as a serpent, and sprang upward toward him, that he might give her the serpent-kiss; but he turned aside in horror.
Who acts: maiden · What happens: file past, descend, come, spring, give, turn aside · To what, where: sheep, rocks, maiden, serpent kiss, her, horror
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 (maiden), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 filed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sheep | det |
| 3 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 filed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 filed | aux |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 filed | advmod |
| 6 | filed | file | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | past | past | ADV | _ | 6 filed | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 descended | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 maiden | det |
| 10 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 descended | nsubj |
| 11 | descended | descend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 filed | parataxis |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 rocks | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 rocks | det |
| 14 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 descended | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 came | punct |
| 16 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 descended | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 came | obl |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 serpent | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 serpent | det |
| 21 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 came | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sprang | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 sprang | cc |
| 24 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 came | parataxis |
| 25 | upward | upward | ADV | _ | 24 sprang | advmod |
| 26 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 27 him | case |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 sprang | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 give | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 give | nsubj |
| 31 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 give | aux |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 sprang | conj |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 give | iobj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 kiss | det |
| 35 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 kiss | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 serpent | punct |
| 37 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 turned | punct |
| 39 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 turned | cc |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 turned | nsubj |
| 41 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 filed | conj |
| 42 | aside | aside | ADP | _ | 41 turned | compound:prt |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 horror | case |
| 44 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 turned | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 filed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | file past | past · perfect · passive | the sheep | all, past property | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | descend | past | the maiden | the rocks | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from rock=Location | ||||
| 3 | come | past | the maiden not said here | maiden | as a serpent | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | spring | past | toward maiden; upward property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward he=Trajectory | |||||
| 5 | give | might | maiden | the serpent kiss | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme | |||
| 6 | turn aside | past | maiden | horror | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in horror=Trajectory |
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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