Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 77
Then came the old Hibich, took him by the hand, and said: "As thou hast been on the summit of the Hibichenstein, and hast suffered so much anxiety and terror, thou shalt also see the Dwarf-King's castle."
Who acts: old Hibich, thou · What happens: come, take, say, be, suffer, see · To what, where: Hibich, summit, much anxiety, castle · 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 (old Hibich, thou), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 came | advmod |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hibich | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Hibich | amod |
| 5 | Hibich | Hibich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 came | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 took | punct |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 hand | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hand | det |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 said | cc |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 summit | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 summit | punct |
| 17 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 summit | mark |
| 18 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 summit | nsubj |
| 19 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 summit | aux |
| 20 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 summit | cop |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 summit | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 summit | det |
| 23 | summit | summit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 said | ccomp |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Hibichenstein | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Hibichenstein | det |
| 26 | Hibichenstein | Hibichenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 summit | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 suffered | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 suffered | cc |
| 29 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 suffered | aux:pass |
| 30 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 came | parataxis |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 much | advmod |
| 32 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 anxiety | amod |
| 33 | anxiety | anxiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 suffered | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 terror | cc |
| 35 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 anxiety | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 see | punct |
| 37 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 see | nsubj |
| 38 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 40 see | aux |
| 39 | also | also | ADV | _ | 40 see | advmod |
| 40 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 King | det |
| 42 | Dwarf | dwarf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 King | amod |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 Dwarf | punct |
| 44 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 castle | nmod:poss |
| 45 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 44 King | case |
| 46 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 see | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 see | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the old Hibich | then | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | past | the old Hibich not said here | Hibich | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present · perfect | thou | the summit | of the Hibichenstein | tree rules | |||
| 5 | suffer in a quote | present · passive | much anxiety and terror | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: anxiety=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | see in a quote | shall | thou | the Dwarf King's castle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus |
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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