Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 52
An unconquerable aversion to the amiable and refined Princess led him to the horrible decision of poisoning her.
Who acts: unconquerable aversion, horrible decision · What happens: refine, lead, poison · To what, where: savage, horrible decision, aversion
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 (unconquerable aversion, horrible decision), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 aversion | det |
| 2 | unconquerable | unconquerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 aversion | amod |
| 3 | aversion | aversion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Princess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 6 | amiable | amiable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Princess | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 refined | cc |
| 8 | refined | refine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 amiable | conj |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aversion | nmod |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 led | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 decision | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 decision | det |
| 14 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 decision | amod |
| 15 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl |
| 16 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 17 poisoning | mark |
| 17 | poisoning | poison | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 decision | acl |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 poisoning | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refine | past | a unconquerable aversion to the amiable Princess not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | lead | past | a unconquerable aversion to the amiable Princess | savage | the horrible decision | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to decision=Destination | |||
| 3 | poison | gerund | the horrible decision not said here | aversion | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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