Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 37
Their conversation turned on the beauties of Harz scenery, and its romantic ruins, and the Countess remarked she had only the other day visited the Regenstein, and during the day had lost an object, to her of great value--a sketch-book, filled by her late husband, with the exception of the last sketch, which she had herself sketched after his death.
Who acts: conversation, Countess, other day, last sketch, eyes, husband · What happens: turn, remark, have, visit, lose, fill · To what, where: conversation, beauties, Regenstein, object, sketch book, last sketch
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 (conversation, Countess, other day, last sketch), 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 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 conversation | nmod:poss |
| 2 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 remarked | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 conversation | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 beauties | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 beauties | det |
| 6 | beauties | beauty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turned | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 scenery | case |
| 8 | Harz | Harz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 scenery | compound |
| 9 | scenery | scenery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beauties | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ruins | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ruins | cc |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 ruins | nmod:poss |
| 13 | romantic | romantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ruins | amod |
| 14 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 conversation | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 remarked | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 remarked | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Countess | det |
| 18 | Countess | Countess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 remarked | nsubj |
| 19 | remarked | remark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 had | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 remarked | conj |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 25 day | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 day | det |
| 24 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 day | amod |
| 25 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 visited | nsubj |
| 26 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 had | ccomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Regenstein | det |
| 28 | Regenstein | Regenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 visited | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 lost | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 lost | cc |
| 31 | during | during | ADP | _ | 33 day | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 day | det |
| 33 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lost | obl |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 lost | aux |
| 35 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 remarked | parataxis |
| 36 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 object | det |
| 37 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lost | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 value | punct |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 value | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 value | nmod:poss |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 value | case |
| 42 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 value | amod |
| 43 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lost | parataxis |
| 44 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 48 book | punct |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 book | det |
| 46 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 book | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 sketch | punct |
| 48 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 value | parataxis |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 filled | punct |
| 50 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 book | acl |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 husband | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 husband | nmod:poss |
| 53 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 husband | amod |
| 54 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 filled | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 exception | punct |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 exception | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 exception | det |
| 58 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 filled | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 sketch | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 sketch | det |
| 61 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 sketch | amod |
| 62 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 exception | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 had | punct |
| 64 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 had | obj |
| 65 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 had | nsubj |
| 66 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 sketch | acl:relcl |
| 67 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 66 had | obj |
| 68 | sketched | sketch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 had | xcomp |
| 69 | after | after | ADP | _ | 71 death | case |
| 70 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 death | nmod:poss |
| 71 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 sketched | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 remarked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | participle | eyes's conversation and conversation's romantic ruins not said here | the beauties of Harz scenery | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on beauty=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | remark speech: assert | past | eyes's conversation and conversation's romantic ruins | the Countess nsubj | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | past | Countess | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | visit | past | the other day | the Regenstein | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regenstein=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | lose | past · perfect | a object | day | Countess's great value a sketch book parataxis | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | fill | participle | a sketch book not said here | by Countess's late husband; with the exception of the last sketch | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with exception=Instrument | ||||
| 7 | have | past | Countess | the last sketch | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | sketch | participle | the last sketch not said here | after husband's death | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | converse | eyes = eye | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | ruin | conversation | nom ruin «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | value | Countess | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | except | the last sketch | nom exception «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | die | husband | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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