Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 38
May drew forth the sketch-book, which she had purposely carried in her pocket, and handed it to her, remarking she had recognized her from the photo at the first glance, and explained how it had come into her possession.
Who acts: Countess, book · What happens: draw, carry, hand, remark, recognize, explain · To what, where: sketch book, pocket, book, Countess, friend, photo · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Countess, book), 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 | May | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | aux |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 2 drew | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 5 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 sketch | punct |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 carried | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 carried | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 carried | aux |
| 12 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 13 carried | advmod |
| 13 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 book | acl:relcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 pocket | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 16 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carried | obl | ||
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 handed | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 handed | cc |
| 19 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 handed | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 her | case |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 handed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 remarking | punct |
| 24 | remarking | remark | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 handed | advcl |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 recognized | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 recognized | aux |
| 27 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 remarking | xcomp |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 recognized | obj |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 photo | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 photo | det |
| 31 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 recognized | obl |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 glance | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 glance | det |
| 34 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 35 glance | amod |
| 35 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 recognized | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 explained | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 explained | cc |
| 38 | explained | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 39 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 42 come | advmod |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 come | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 come | aux |
| 42 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 explained | ccomp |
| 43 | into | into | ADP | _ | 45 possession | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 possession | nmod:poss |
| 45 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 come | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | may | the sketch book | forth property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past · perfect · passive | the sketch book | Countess's pocket | Countess nsubj; purposely property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in pocket=Location | |||
| 3 | hand | past | book | Countess | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Destination | ||||
| 4 | remark speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 5 | recognize | past · perfect | Countess | friend | the photo | at the first glance | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||
| 6 | explain speech: assert | past | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 7 | come | past · perfect | book | Countess's possession | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into possession=Initial_Location | ||||
| 8 | possess | Countess | nom possession «act transitive»: 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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