Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 71
He soon recognized the Earl, who after some minutes saw the creditor whom he had cheated at the entrance to the cave, and broke out in lamentations and entreaties.
Who acts: Earl · What happens: recognize, see, cheat, break out · To what, where: Earl, creditor, entrance, lamentations
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 (Earl), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 recognized | nsubj |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 recognized | advmod |
| 3 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Earl | det |
| 5 | Earl | Earl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 recognized | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 saw | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 minutes | case |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 minutes | det |
| 10 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 saw | obl |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Earl | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 creditor | det |
| 13 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | obj |
| 14 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 cheated | obj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 cheated | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 cheated | aux |
| 17 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 creditor | acl:relcl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 entrance | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 entrance | det |
| 20 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cheated | obl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 cave | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 cave | det |
| 23 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cheated | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 broke | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 broke | cc |
| 26 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recognized | conj |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 26 broke | compound:prt |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 lamentations | case |
| 29 | lamentations | lamentation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 broke | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 entreaties | cc |
| 31 | entreaties | entreaty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 lamentations | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognize | past | Earl | the Earl | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer earl=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | see | past | the Earl | the creditor | minute | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creditor=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | cheat | past · perfect | Earl | the creditor | the entrance | to the cave | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Source | ||
| 4 | break out | past | Earl not said here | lamentations and entreaties | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lamentation=Location |
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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