Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 74
Take my signet ring, go to my successor, tell him what you have seen, warn him not to act as I have done, and to pay my debt, that I may escape from this bed of flames."
Who acts: you, I · What happens: take, go, tell, see, warn, not act · To what, where: signet ring, successor, Earl, debt, bed · 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 (you, I), 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 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 ring | nmod:poss |
| 3 | signet | signet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ring | compound |
| 4 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 successor | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 successor | nmod:poss |
| 9 | successor | successor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tell | punct |
| 11 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 tell | iobj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 seen | obj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 seen | nsubj |
| 15 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 seen | aux |
| 16 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 tell | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
| 18 | warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 warn | obj |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 act | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 act | mark |
| 22 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 warn | advcl |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 done | mark |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 done | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 done | aux |
| 26 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 act | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 pay | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 pay | cc |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 pay | mark |
| 30 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 debt | nmod:poss |
| 32 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 pay | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 escape | punct |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 escape | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 escape | nsubj |
| 36 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 escape | aux |
| 37 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 pay | conj |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 bed | case |
| 39 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 bed | det |
| 40 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 escape | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 flames | case |
| 42 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 bed | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Take | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | my signet ring | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | my successor | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to successor=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | Earl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | see | present · perfect | you | what obj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | warn speech: warn | infinitive | you not said here | Earl | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | not act | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | do | present · perfect | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | pay | to-infinitive | you not said here | my debt | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | ||||
| 9 | escape | may | I | this bed of flames | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial_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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