Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 23

Before the battle, the Earl von Mannsfeld called his men in a circle around him, and addressed them thus: "My friends! fear not because the enemy outnumbers us; let the rebels come, we will be their death-angel, for, listen all of you, and doubt not of victory, for so sure as my hand presses itself into this rock as if it were dough, so sure will the victory rest with our flag as long as I fight with you."

Who acts: Earl von Mannsfeld, enemy, rebels, we, hand · What happens: call, address, not outnumber, let, come, be · To what, where: men, circle, us, death angel, all, hand · 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 (Earl von Mannsfeld, enemy, rebels, we), 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	Before	before	ADP	_	3 battle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 battle	det
3	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 battle	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mannsfeld	det
6	Earl	Earl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mannsfeld	compound
7	von	von	PROPN	_	8 Mannsfeld	compound
8	Mannsfeld	Mannsfeld	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 called	nsubj
9	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 men	nmod:poss
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 called	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 circle	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 circle	det
14	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	obl
15	around	around	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 circle	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 addressed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 addressed	cc
19	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 called	parataxis
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 addressed	obj
21	thus	thus	ADV	_	19 addressed	advmod
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	25 friends	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 friends	punct
24	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 friends	nmod:poss
25	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 addressed	conj
26	!	!	PUNCT	_	27 fear	punct
27	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 friends	conj
28	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 outnumbers	advmod
29	because	because	SCONJ	_	32 outnumbers	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 enemy	det
31	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 outnumbers	nsubj
32	outnumbers	outnumber	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 friends	advcl
33	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 outnumbers	obj
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 let	punct
35	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 called	advcl
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 rebels	det
37	rebels	rebel	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 come	nsubj
38	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 let	ccomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 angel	punct
40	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 angel	nsubj
41	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 angel	aux
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 angel	cop
43	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 angel	nmod:poss
44	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 angel	compound
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	44 death	punct
46	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 let	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 listen	punct
48	for	for	ADP	_	50 listen	case
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 for	punct
50	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 let	conj
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 listen	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 you	case
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 all	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 victory	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 victory	cc
56	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 victory	nsubj
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 victory	advmod
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 victory	case
59	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 sure	punct
61	for	for	ADP	_	63 sure	case
62	so	so	ADV	_	63 sure	advmod
63	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 victory	parataxis
64	as	as	SCONJ	_	67 presses	mark
65	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 hand	nmod:poss
66	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 presses	nsubj
67	presses	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 sure	ccomp
68	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	67 presses	obj
69	into	into	ADP	_	71 rock	case
70	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	71 rock	det
71	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 presses	obl
72	as	as	ADP	_	76 dough	case
73	if	if	SCONJ	_	76 dough	mark
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 dough	nsubj
75	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 dough	cop
76	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 presses	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 sure	punct
78	so	so	ADV	_	79 sure	advmod
79	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 called	conj
80	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 long	aux
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 rest	det
82	victory	victory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 rest	amod
83	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 long	nsubj
84	with	with	ADP	_	86 flag	case
85	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 flag	nmod:poss
86	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 rest	nmod
87	as	as	ADV	_	88 long	advmod
88	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	79 sure	ccomp
89	as	as	SCONJ	_	91 fight	mark
90	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	91 fight	nsubj
91	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 long	advcl
92	with	with	ADP	_	93 you	case
93	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	91 fight	obl
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 called	punct
95	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: express	past	the Earl von Mannsfeld		Mannsfeld's men	a circle around version	before the battle	victory doubt xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient
2	address	past		men = man				My friends and fear conj; thus property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination
3	not outnumber in a quote	present	the enemy	us					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot we=Theme
4	let in a quote	infinitive	the Earl von Mannsfeld not said here						tree rules
5	come in a quote	present	the rebels						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a in a quote	future	we	battles's death angel				battles = battle nmod:poss	tree rules
7	listen in a quote	infinitive	the Earl von Mannsfeld not said here	all of you					tree rules
8	press in a quote	present	my hand	hand		this rock			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme
9	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	hand					as dough	tree rules
10	fight in a quote	present	the Earl von Mannsfeld = mannsfeld					with Mannsfeld's men = man	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 23