Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 89
"As long as the great Hibichenstein remains the great, my crown is secure; but so soon as it becomes the little Hibichenstein, I lose my crown, and can never appear on the earth again."
Who acts: great Hibichenstein, crown, favour, Dwarf King, my · What happens: remain, be, become, lose, not appear, crown · To what, where: crown, earth
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 (great Hibichenstein, crown, favour, Dwarf 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 long | punct |
| 2 | As | as | ADV | _ | 3 long | advmod |
| 3 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 remains | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 remains | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Hibichenstein | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Hibichenstein | amod |
| 7 | Hibichenstein | Hibichenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 remains | nsubj |
| 8 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 great | det |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 remains | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 secure | punct |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 crown | nmod:poss |
| 13 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 secure | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 secure | cop |
| 15 | secure | secure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 remains | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 becomes | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 becomes | cc |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 soon | advmod |
| 19 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 becomes | advmod |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 becomes | mark |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 becomes | nsubj |
| 22 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 remains | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Hibichenstein | det |
| 24 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Hibichenstein | amod |
| 25 | Hibichenstein | Hibichenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 becomes | xcomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 lose | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 lose | nsubj |
| 28 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 remains | conj |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 crown | nmod:poss |
| 30 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 lose | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 appear | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 appear | cc |
| 33 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 appear | aux |
| 34 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 35 appear | advmod |
| 35 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 lose | conj |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 earth | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 earth | det |
| 38 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 appear | obl |
| 39 | again | again | ADV | _ | 35 appear | advmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 lose | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 lose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain in a quote | present | the great Hibichenstein | great, long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | my crown | secure property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | become in a quote | present | favour | the little Hibichenstein xcomp; soon property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | lose in a quote | present | the Dwarf King = king | my crown | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | not appear in a quote | can | the Dwarf King = king not said here | the earth | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | |||
| 6 | crown in a quote | my | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | crown in a quote | my | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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