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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 104

The woman in the Bible found her piece of silver, the shepherd his lost sheep, Saul found his father's ass, Jochebed found her baby, Joseph found his brethren, poor old Jacob found his long-lost Joseph, and the loser of this sketch-book may be as fortunate."

Who acts: woman, Saul, Jochebed, Joseph, brethren, loser · What happens: find, lose, be · To what, where: piece, ass, baby, lost Joseph · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, Saul, Jochebed, Joseph), 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

detnsubjcasedetnmodnmod:possobjcasenmodpunctdetconjnmod:possamodobjpunctnsubjparataxisnmod:possnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjpunctnsubjconjnmod:possnsubjpunctamodamodnmodccompnmod:possamodpunctamodobjpunctccdetnsubjcasedetcompoundpunctnmodauxcopcaseparataxispunctpunctrootTheDETwomanNOUNinADPtheDETBiblePROPNfoundVERBherPRONpieceNOUNofADPsilverNOUN,PUNCTtheDETshepherdNOUNhisPRONlostVERBsheepNOUN,PUNCTSaulPROPNfoundVERBhisPRONfatherNOUN'sPARTassNOUN,PUNCTJochebedPROPNfoundVERBherPRONbabyNOUN,PUNCTJosephPROPNfoundVERBhisPRONbrethrenNOUN,PUNCTpoorADJoldADJJacobPROPNfoundVERBhisPRONlongADJ-PUNCTlostVERBJosephPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETloserNOUNofADPthisDETsketchNOUN-PUNCTbookNOUNmayAUXbeAUXasADPfortunateADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 womandet
2womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing6 foundnsubj
3ininADP_5 Biblecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Bibledet
5BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing2 womannmod
6foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 piecenmod:poss
8piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing6 foundobj
9ofofADP_10 silvercase
10silversilverNOUNNumber=Sing8 piecenmod
11,,PUNCT_13 shepherdpunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 shepherddet
13shepherdshepherdNOUNNumber=Sing8 piececonj
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 sheepnmod:poss
15lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 sheepamod
16sheepsheepNOUNNumber=Plur6 foundobj
17,,PUNCT_19 foundpunct
18SaulSaulPROPNNumber=Sing19 foundnsubj
19foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 foundparataxis
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 fathernmod:poss
21fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing23 assnmod:poss
22's'sPART_21 fathercase
23assassNOUNNumber=Sing19 foundobj
24,,PUNCT_26 foundpunct
25JochebedJochebedPROPNNumber=Sing26 foundnsubj
26foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 foundconj
27herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 babynmod:poss
28babybabyNOUNNumber=Sing26 foundobj
29,,PUNCT_31 foundpunct
30JosephJosephPROPNNumber=Sing31 foundnsubj
31foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 foundconj
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 brethrennmod:poss
33brethrenbrethrenNOUNNumber=Plur38 foundnsubj
34,,PUNCT_37 Jacobpunct
35poorpoorADJDegree=Pos37 Jacobamod
36oldoldADJDegree=Pos37 Jacobamod
37JacobJacobPROPNNumber=Sing33 brethrennmod
38foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 foundccomp
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 Josephnmod:poss
40longlongADJDegree=Pos42 lostamod
41--PUNCT_40 longpunct
42lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass43 Josephamod
43JosephJosephPROPNNumber=Sing38 foundobj
44,,PUNCT_56 fortunatepunct
45andandCCONJ_56 fortunatecc
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 loserdet
47loserloserNOUNNumber=Sing56 fortunatensubj
48ofofADP_52 bookcase
49thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem52 bookdet
50sketchsketchNOUNNumber=Sing52 bookcompound
51--PUNCT_50 sketchpunct
52bookbookNOUNNumber=Sing47 losernmod
53maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin56 fortunateaux
54bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf56 fortunatecop
55asasADP_56 fortunatecase
56fortunatefortunateADJDegree=Pos6 foundparataxis
57..PUNCT_56 fortunatepunct
58""PUNCT_6 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpastthe woman in the Biblenicht's piece of silver and the shepherdshepherd's lost sheep objvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent piece=Theme sheep=Attribute
2loseparticiplevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3findpastSaulSaul's father's assvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Topic
4findpastJochebednicht's babyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic
5findpastJosephvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6findpastSaul's brethren poor old JacobSaul's lost Josephvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joseph=Topic
7loseparticiplevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8ismaythe loser of this sketch bookfortunate propertytree rules

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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