Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 95
The Baronin von Felsen had led her young English friend, May Rosenmore, through the ruins of Schloss Regenstein, the authentic history of which begins with Kaiser Henry the Fowler, till at last they wandered to the tiny roofless chapel.
Who acts: young English friend, authentic history, ruins · What happens: lead, begin, wander, ruin · To what, where: von Felsen, ruins, Fowler, last, Schloss
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 (young English friend, authentic history, ruins), 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 | 4 Felsen | det |
| 2 | Baronin | Baronin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 von | compound |
| 3 | von | von | PROPN | _ | 4 Felsen | compound |
| 4 | Felsen | Felsen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 led | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 led | aux |
| 6 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friend | nmod:poss |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 friend | amod |
| 9 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 friend | amod |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 led | obl:agent |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 May | punct |
| 12 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 friend | appos |
| 13 | Rosenmore | Rosenmore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 May | flat |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ruins | punct |
| 15 | through | through | ADP | _ | 17 ruins | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ruins | det |
| 17 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 led | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Schloss | case |
| 19 | Schloss | Schloss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 ruins | nmod |
| 20 | Regenstein | Regenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Schloss | flat |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 history | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 history | det |
| 23 | authentic | authentic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 history | amod |
| 24 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Schloss | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 which | case |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 begins | nsubj |
| 27 | begins | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 history | acl:relcl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 Henry | case |
| 29 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Henry | compound |
| 30 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 begins | obl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Fowler | det |
| 32 | Fowler | fowler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 begins | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 wandered | punct |
| 34 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 38 wandered | mark |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 last | case |
| 36 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 wandered | obl |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 wandered | nsubj |
| 38 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 led | conj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 chapel | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 chapel | det |
| 41 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 chapel | amod |
| 42 | roofless | roofless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 chapel | amod |
| 43 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wandered | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past · perfect · passive | guard's young English friend | the von Felsen | the ruins of Schloss | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme through ruin=Destination | |||
| 2 | begin | present | the authentic history | the Fowler | with Kaiser Henry | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent fowler=Eventuality with henry=Subeventuality | |||
| 3 | wander | past | ruins = ruin | last | to the tiny roofless chapel | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to chapel=Destination | |||
| 4 | ruin | Schloss | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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