Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 35
Her friend introduced the stranger as the Countess von Omnesky, a lady of Russian birth, but who had been partly educated in England, her father having long filled an official position there under the Russian Government.
Who acts: friend, father · What happens: introduce, be, have, fill · To what, where: stranger, England, official position
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, father), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 introduced | nsubj |
| 3 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stranger | det |
| 5 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 introduced | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 Omnesky | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Omnesky | det |
| 8 | Countess | Countess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Omnesky | compound |
| 9 | von | von | PROPN | _ | 8 Countess | flat |
| 10 | Omnesky | Omnesky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 introduced | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lady | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Omnesky | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 birth | case |
| 15 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 birth | amod |
| 16 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lady | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 educated | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 educated | cc |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 educated | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 educated | aux |
| 21 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 educated | cop |
| 22 | partly | partly | ADV | _ | 23 educated | advmod |
| 23 | educated | educated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 introduced | parataxis |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 England | case |
| 25 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 educated | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 father | punct |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 father | nmod:poss |
| 28 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 educated | parataxis |
| 29 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 father | acl |
| 30 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 filled | advmod |
| 31 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 having | advcl |
| 32 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 position | det |
| 33 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 position | amod |
| 34 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 filled | obj |
| 35 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 position | advmod |
| 36 | under | under | ADP | _ | 39 Government | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Government | det |
| 38 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Government | amod |
| 39 | Government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 there | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 introduced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | past | Creator's friend | the stranger | as the Countess Omnesky | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | past · perfect | England | who nsubj; friend's father parataxis; educated, partly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | friend's father not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fill | participle | friend's father not said here | a official position | long property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent position=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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