Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 2
But the lovers were betrayed to Thusnelda's father, the wild and savage Luitprand, and he, in fury, having promised her to a companion in arms, shut her up in a gloomy room, deaf to all her entreaties, and laid in wait for Egbert; but Egbert assembled all the Christians of the neighbourhood, and set off in the night to storm Luitprand's castle.
Who acts: having, Egbert · What happens: betray, have, promise, shut up, lay, assemble · To what, where: lovers, fury, Egbert, companion, gloomy room, wait · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (having, Egbert), 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 | _ | 5 betrayed | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lovers | det |
| 3 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 betrayed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 betrayed | aux:pass |
| 5 | betrayed | betray | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 father | case |
| 7 | Thusnelda | Thusnelda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 father | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Thusnelda | case |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 betrayed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Luitprand | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Luitprand | det |
| 12 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Luitprand | amod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 savage | cc |
| 14 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wild | conj |
| 15 | Luitprand | Luitprand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 father | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fury | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fury | cc |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fury | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fury | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 fury | case |
| 21 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 betrayed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 having | punct |
| 23 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 promised | csubj |
| 24 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 betrayed | advcl |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 promised | iobj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 companion | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 companion | det |
| 28 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 promised | obl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 arms | case |
| 30 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 companion | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 shut | punct |
| 32 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 24 promised | parataxis |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 shut | obj |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 shut | compound:prt |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 room | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 room | det |
| 37 | gloomy | gloomy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 room | amod |
| 38 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 shut | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 deaf | punct |
| 40 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 room | amod |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 entreaties | case |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 entreaties | det:predet |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 entreaties | nmod:poss |
| 44 | entreaties | entreaty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 deaf | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 laid | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 laid | cc |
| 47 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 deaf | conj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 wait | case |
| 49 | wait | wait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 laid | obl |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 Egbert | case |
| 51 | Egbert | Egbert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 wait | nmod |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 assembled | punct |
| 53 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 assembled | cc |
| 54 | Egbert | Egbert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 assembled | nsubj |
| 55 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 betrayed | parataxis |
| 56 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 58 Christians | det:predet |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Christians | det |
| 58 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 55 assembled | obj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 neighbourhood | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 neighbourhood | det |
| 61 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 Christians | nmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 set | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 set | cc |
| 64 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 assembled | conj |
| 65 | off | off | ADP | _ | 64 set | compound:prt |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 night | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 night | det |
| 68 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 set | obl |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 storm | mark |
| 70 | storm | storm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 set | advcl |
| 71 | Luitprand | Luitprand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 castle | nmod:poss |
| 72 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 71 Luitprand | case |
| 73 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 storm | obj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 betrayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betray | past · passive | the lovers | fury Thusnelda | to Thusnelda's father | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | past | having | Egbert | to a companion in arms goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent she=Theme to companion=Goal | |||
| 4 | shut up | infinitive | Egbert | a gloomy room | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 5 | lay | participle | wait for Egbert | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wait=Destination | |||||
| 6 | assemble | past | Egbert | all Christians of the neighbourhood | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent christian=Theme | ||||
| 7 | set off | past | Egbert not said here | night | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | storm | to-infinitive | Egbert not said here | Luitprand's castle | tree rules |
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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