Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 98
The reprobates approved of this diabolical plan, and as soon as Lina's novitiate was ended, and she had taken the final vows, they embraced the first opportunity, when Lindor was seen in the convent grounds, by giving Lina permission to walk in the garden.
Who acts: reprobates, novitiate, Abbess · What happens: approve, be, take, embrace, see, give · To what, where: final vows, first opportunity, Lindor, convent grounds, Lina permission, garden
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 (reprobates, novitiate, Abbess), 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 reprobates | det |
| 2 | reprobates | reprobate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 approved | nsubj |
| 3 | approved | approve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 plan | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 plan | det |
| 6 | diabolical | diabolical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 plan | amod |
| 7 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 approved | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ended | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 ended | cc |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | _ | 11 soon | advmod |
| 11 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 ended | advmod |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 ended | mark |
| 13 | Lina | Lina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 novitiate | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Lina | case |
| 15 | novitiate | novitiate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ended | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 ended | cop |
| 17 | ended | ended | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 approved | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 taken | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 taken | cc |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 taken | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 taken | aux |
| 22 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 ended | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 vows | det |
| 24 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 vows | amod |
| 25 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 taken | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 embraced | punct |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 embraced | nsubj |
| 28 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 approved | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 opportunity | det |
| 30 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 31 opportunity | amod |
| 31 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 embraced | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seen | punct |
| 33 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 36 seen | mark |
| 34 | Lindor | Lindor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 seen | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 seen | aux:pass |
| 36 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 embraced | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 grounds | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 grounds | det |
| 39 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 grounds | compound |
| 40 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 36 seen | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 giving | punct |
| 42 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 43 giving | mark |
| 43 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 seen | advcl |
| 44 | Lina | Lina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 permission | compound |
| 45 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 giving | obj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 walk | mark |
| 47 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 giving | advcl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 garden | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 garden | det |
| 50 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 walk | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 approved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approve | past | the reprobates | of this diabolical plan | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Lina's novitiate | ended, soon property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect | Abbess | the final vows | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | ||||
| 4 | embrace | past | reprobates = reprobate | the first opportunity | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | see | past · passive | Lindor | the convent grounds | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | give | gerund | Lina permission | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | |||||
| 7 | walk | to-infinitive | the garden | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |
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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