Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 90
The maiden obeyed her father's command with a heavy heart, for a young knight contested with heaven his claim on the bride; and however much the novice knelt before the altar in burning tears and hand-wringing, and besought heavenly aid in renouncing all she had hitherto held dear, still her thoughts would wander beyond the dark convent walls and lonely cell to her lover.
Who acts: maiden, heavenly aid, thoughts, father, portrait · What happens: obey, contest, kneel, burn, beseech, renounce · To what, where: command, young knight, novice, burning tears, heavenly aid, all · 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 (maiden, heavenly aid, thoughts, father), 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 maiden | det |
| 2 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obeyed | nsubj |
| 3 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 father | nmod:poss |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 command | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 father | case |
| 7 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obeyed | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 heart | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 heart | det |
| 10 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 heart | amod |
| 11 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obeyed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 knight | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 knight | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 knight | det |
| 15 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 knight | amod |
| 16 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obeyed | parataxis |
| 17 | contested | contest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 knight | acl |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 heaven | case |
| 19 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 contested | obl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 claim | nmod:poss |
| 21 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 contested | obl:agent |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 bride | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bride | det |
| 24 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 claim | nmod |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 novice | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 novice | cc |
| 27 | however | however | ADV | _ | 28 much | advmod |
| 28 | much | much | ADV | _ | 30 novice | advmod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 novice | det |
| 30 | novice | novice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obeyed | parataxis |
| 31 | knelt | kneel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 novice | acl |
| 32 | before | before | ADP | _ | 34 altar | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 altar | det |
| 34 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 knelt | obl |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 tears | case |
| 36 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 tears | amod |
| 37 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 knelt | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 wringing | cc |
| 39 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wringing | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 hand | punct |
| 41 | wringing | wringing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 tears | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 besought | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 besought | cc |
| 44 | besought | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 obeyed | parataxis |
| 45 | heavenly | heavenly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 aid | amod |
| 46 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 besought | obj |
| 47 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 48 renouncing | mark |
| 48 | renouncing | renounce | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 aid | acl |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 renouncing | obj |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 held | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 held | aux |
| 52 | hitherto | hitherto | ADV | _ | 53 held | advmod |
| 53 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 all | acl:relcl |
| 54 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 held | xcomp |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 wander | punct |
| 56 | still | still | ADV | _ | 60 wander | advmod |
| 57 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 58 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 wander | nsubj |
| 59 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 wander | aux |
| 60 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 besought | conj |
| 61 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 65 walls | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 walls | det |
| 63 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 walls | amod |
| 64 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 walls | compound |
| 65 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 wander | obl |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 cell | cc |
| 67 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 cell | amod |
| 68 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 walls | conj |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 71 lover | case |
| 70 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 lover | nmod:poss |
| 71 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 cell | nmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 obeyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obey | past | the maiden | maiden's father's command | with a heavy heart; a young knight parataxis; the novice parataxis | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | |||
| 2 | contest | participle | a young knight not said here | with heaven; portrait's claim on the bride obl:agent | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | kneel | participle | the novice not said here | burning tears and hand wringing | before the altar | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before altar=Location | |||
| 4 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | beseech | past | heavenly aid | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | renounce | gerund | heavenly aid not said here | all | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Source | ||||
| 7 | hold | past · perfect | maiden | dear, hitherto property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | wander | would | maiden's thoughts | the dark convent walls and lonely cell to maiden's lover | still | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond wall=Trajectory | |||
| 9 | command | maiden's father | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | claim | portrait | on the bride | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | |||||
| 11 | think | maiden | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=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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