Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 70
The death of her devoted man-servant, who had been of such service, caused her many tears, and d'Aubert devoted himself to her, became her chief prop and stay, and at length the royal widow rewarded him with her hand.
Who acts: devoted man servant, death, d'Aubert, royal widow · What happens: be, cause, devote, become, stay, reward · To what, where: many tears, bridegroom, d'Aubert, death, chief prop, length
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 (devoted man servant, death, d'Aubert, royal widow), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 death | det |
| 2 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 servant | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 servant | nmod:poss |
| 5 | devoted | devoted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 servant | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 servant | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| 8 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 death | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 service | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 service | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 service | aux |
| 12 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 service | cop |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 service | case |
| 14 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 service | amod |
| 15 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 servant | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 death | punct |
| 17 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 caused | iobj |
| 19 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 tears | amod |
| 20 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 caused | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 devoted | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 devoted | cc |
| 23 | d'Aubert | d'aubert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 devoted | nsubj |
| 24 | devoted | devote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 caused | parataxis |
| 25 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 24 devoted | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 her | case |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 devoted | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 became | punct |
| 29 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 devoted | conj |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 prop | nmod:poss |
| 31 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 prop | amod |
| 32 | prop | prop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 became | xcomp |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 stay | cc |
| 34 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 became | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 rewarded | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 rewarded | cc |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 length | case |
| 38 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rewarded | obl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 widow | det |
| 40 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 widow | amod |
| 41 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rewarded | nsubj |
| 42 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 caused | conj |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 rewarded | obj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 hand | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 hand | nmod:poss |
| 46 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rewarded | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · perfect | death's devoted man servant | of such service | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cause | past | the death of death's devoted man servant | many tears | bridegroom | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer she=Theme tear=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | devote | past | d'Aubert | d'Aubert | death | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to she=Goal | |||
| 4 | become | past | d'Aubert not said here | death's chief prop | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | stay | infinitive | d'Aubert not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | reward | past | the royal widow | d'Aubert | length | with death's hand | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with hand=Theme | ||
| 7 | die | death's devoted man servant | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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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