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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 21

There is a legend that the battle was lost through the Count von Mannsfeld, who seeing his men flee, exclaimed, placing his hand on a rock at his side, "This rock shall turn into wax before I move from the spot!" when immediately the soft wax yielded to the pressure, and took the print of his hand, and he fled in terror and fell under the Saxon swords.

Who acts: legend, Count von, men, rock, Others, wax · What happens: be, lose, see, flee, exclaim, place · To what, where: battle, Count von, hand, rock, wax, spot · 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 (legend, Count von, men, rock), 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

expldetnsubjmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passaclcasedetcompoundoblflatpunctnsubjaclnmod:possnsubjccomppunctconjpunctadvclnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctdetnsubjauxparataxiscaseoblmarknsubjadvclcasedetoblpunctpunctadvmodadvmoddetamodnsubjaclcasedetoblpunctccparataxisdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnsubjconjcaseoblccconjcasedetamodoblpunctrootTherePRONisVERBaDETlegendNOUNthatSCONJtheDETbattleNOUNwasAUXlostVERBthroughADPtheDETCountPROPNvonPROPNMannsfeldPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONseeingVERBhisPRONmenNOUNfleeVERB,PUNCTexclaimedVERB,PUNCTplacingVERBhisPRONhandNOUNonADPaDETrockNOUNatADPhisPRONsideNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTThisDETrockNOUNshallAUXturnVERBintoADPwaxNOUNbeforeSCONJIPRONmoveVERBfromADPtheDETspotNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCTwhenADVimmediatelyADVtheDETsoftADJwaxNOUNyieldedVERBtoADPtheDETpressureNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtookVERBtheDETprintNOUNofADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONfledVERBinADPterrorNOUNandCCONJfellVERBunderADPtheDETSaxonADJswordsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 legenddet
4legendlegendNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
5thatthatSCONJ_9 lostmark
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 battledet
7battlebattleNOUNNumber=Sing9 lostnsubj:pass
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 lostaux:pass
9lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 legendacl
10throughthroughADP_13 voncase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 vondet
12CountCountPROPNNumber=Sing13 voncompound
13vonvonPROPN_9 lostobl
14MannsfeldMannsfeldPROPNNumber=Sing13 vonflat
15,,PUNCT_17 seeingpunct
16whowhoPRONPronType=Rel17 seeingnsubj
17seeingseeVERBVerbForm=Ger13 vonacl
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 mennmod:poss
19menmanNOUNNumber=Plur20 fleensubj
20fleefleeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 seeingccomp
21,,PUNCT_22 exclaimedpunct
22exclaimedexclaimVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 legendconj
23,,PUNCT_24 placingpunct
24placingplaceVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 exclaimedadvcl
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 handnmod:poss
26handhandNOUNNumber=Sing24 placingobj
27ononADP_29 rockcase
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 rockdet
29rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing24 placingobl
30atatADP_32 sidecase
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 sidenmod:poss
32sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing24 placingobl
33,,PUNCT_38 turnpunct
34""PUNCT_38 turnpunct
35ThisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 rockdet
36rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing38 turnnsubj
37shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin38 turnaux
38turnturnVERBVerbForm=Inf2 isparataxis
39intointoADP_40 waxcase
40waxwaxNOUNNumber=Sing38 turnobl
41beforebeforeSCONJ_43 movemark
42IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs43 movensubj
43movemoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 turnadvcl
44fromfromADP_46 spotcase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 spotdet
46spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing43 moveobl
47!!PUNCT_2 ispunct
48""PUNCT_2 ispunct
49whenwhenADVPronType=Int50 immediatelyadvmod
50immediatelyimmediatelyADV_53 waxadvmod
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 waxdet
52softsoftADJDegree=Pos53 waxamod
53waxwaxNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
54yieldedyieldVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass53 waxacl
55totoADP_57 pressurecase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 pressuredet
57pressurepressureNOUNNumber=Sing54 yieldedobl
58,,PUNCT_60 tookpunct
59andandCCONJ_60 tookcc
60tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 isparataxis
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art62 printdet
62printprintNOUNNumber=Sing60 tookobj
63ofofADP_65 handcase
64hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs65 handnmod:poss
65handhandNOUNNumber=Sing62 printnmod
66,,PUNCT_69 fledpunct
67andandCCONJ_69 fledcc
68hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs69 flednsubj
69fledfleeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin60 tookconj
70ininADP_71 terrorcase
71terrorterrorNOUNNumber=Sing69 fledobl
72andandCCONJ_73 fellcc
73fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin69 fledconj
74underunderADP_77 swordscase
75thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art77 swordsdet
76SaxonSaxonADJDegree=Pos77 swordsamod
77swordsswordNOUNNumber=Plur73 fellobl
78..PUNCT_2 ispunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresenta legendtherethe soft wax nsubjtree rules
2losepast · passivea legend not said herethe battlethe Count vonvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3seegerundthe Count vonvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4fleepresentlegend's menvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5exclaim speech: expressparticiplea legend not said herevn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
6placegerunda legend not said herelegend's handa rockat legend's sidevn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on rock=Destination
7turn in a quoteshallthis rockwaxvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wax=Trajectory
8move in a quotepresentOthers = otherthe spotvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from spot=Trajectory
9yieldparticiplethe soft wax not said hereto the pressurevn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pressure=Theme
10takepastthe print of legend's handvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent print=Theme
11fleepastwaxterrorvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12fallpastwax not said herethe Saxon swordsvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sword=Location
13printlegend's handnom print «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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