Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 56
At length, one day, the Czar and Catherine being on a distant journey, Alexis rushed into Charlotte's presence, made the most brutal demands, struck her with his fists, kicked her repeatedly, and left her lying insensible.
Who acts: Czar, Alexis · What happens: be, rush, make, strike, kick, leave · To what, where: distant journey, presence, brutal demands, Alexis
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 (Czar, Alexis), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 length | case |
| 2 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 journey | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 day | nummod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 length | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 length | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Czar | det |
| 8 | Czar | Czar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 journey | nsubj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Catherine | cc |
| 10 | Catherine | Catherine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Czar | conj |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 journey | cop |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 journey | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 journey | det |
| 14 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 journey | amod |
| 15 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 rushed | punct |
| 17 | Alexis | Alexis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 rushed | nsubj |
| 18 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 journey | parataxis |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 presence | case |
| 20 | Charlotte | Charlotte | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 presence | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 Charlotte | case |
| 22 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rushed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 rushed | parataxis |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 demands | det |
| 26 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 27 brutal | advmod |
| 27 | brutal | brutal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 demands | amod |
| 28 | demands | demand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 made | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 struck | punct |
| 30 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | conj |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 struck | obj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 fists | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 fists | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fists | fist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 struck | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 kicked | punct |
| 36 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 struck | conj |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 kicked | obj |
| 38 | repeatedly | repeatedly | ADV | _ | 36 kicked | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 left | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 left | cc |
| 41 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | conj |
| 42 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 left | obj |
| 43 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 left | xcomp |
| 44 | insensible | insensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 lying | xcomp |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 journey | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | the Czar and Catherine | a distant journey | at length and one day | tree rules | |||
| 2 | rush | past | Alexis | into Charlotte's presence result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into presence=Result | ||||
| 3 | make | past | the brutal demands | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset demand=Product | |||||
| 4 | strike | past | Alexis | with Czar's fists | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with fist=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | kick | past | Alexis | repeatedly property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 6 | leave | past | Alexis | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | lie | gerund | Alexis not said here | insensible property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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