Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 45

"Olga and I remained a short time in Berlin, but after the reports of the battle _bei_ Worth we grew too excited to stay so far from the scene of action; and accordingly went to Baden, taking only our maid with us, and not wishing to go to an hotel, we took apartments in a private _pension_ kept by a family from Edinburgh, two old maids and their brother, Mac Stab by name; and though I have travelled over nearly all Europe their equal I have never met, and have reason to believe Scotland or Germany could produce few such creatures.

Who acts: Olga, we, France, Scotland · What happens: remain, grow, stay, go, take, not wish · To what, where: Berlin, Baden, maid, hotel, apartments, private _ pension · 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 (Olga, we, France, Scotland), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 remained	punct
2	Olga	Olga	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 remained	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 I	cc
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Olga	conj
5	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remained	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Berlin	case
10	Berlin	Berlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 remained	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Worth	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 Worth	cc
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 reports	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reports	det
15	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 Worth	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 battle	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 battle	det
18	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reports	nmod
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 bei	punct
20	bei	bei	X	Foreign=Yes	15 reports	dep
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	15 reports	punct
22	Worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remained	parataxis
23	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 grew	nsubj
24	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 Worth	advcl
25	too	too	ADV	_	26 excited	advmod
26	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 grew	xcomp
27	to	to	PART	_	28 stay	mark
28	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 excited	xcomp
29	so	so	ADV	_	30 far	advmod
30	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 stay	advmod
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 scene	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 scene	det
33	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 far	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 action	case
35	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 scene	nmod
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 went	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 went	cc
38	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	39 went	advmod
39	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remained	conj
40	to	to	ADP	_	41 Baden	case
41	Baden	Baden	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 went	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 taking	punct
43	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 went	advcl
44	only	only	ADV	_	46 maid	advmod
45	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 maid	nmod:poss
46	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 taking	obj
47	with	with	ADP	_	48 us	case
48	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 taking	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 wishing	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 wishing	cc
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 wishing	advmod
52	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 went	advcl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 go	mark
54	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 wishing	xcomp
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 hotel	case
56	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 hotel	det
57	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 go	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 took	punct
59	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 took	nsubj
60	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remained	conj
61	apartments	apartment	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 took	obj
62	in	in	ADP	_	66 pension	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 pension	det
64	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 pension	amod
65	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 pension	compound
66	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 took	obl
67	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 kept	punct
68	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 took	advcl
69	by	by	ADP	_	71 family	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 family	det
71	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 kept	obl
72	from	from	ADP	_	73 Edinburgh	case
73	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 family	nmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 maids	punct
75	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	77 maids	nummod
76	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 maids	amod
77	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 family	conj
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 brother	cc
79	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	80 brother	nmod:poss
80	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 maids	conj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 Stab	punct
82	Mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 Stab	compound
83	Stab	Stab	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 family	conj
84	by	by	ADP	_	85 name	case
85	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 Stab	nmod
86	;	;	PUNCT	_	104 have	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 have	cc
88	though	though	SCONJ	_	91 travelled	mark
89	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	91 travelled	nsubj
90	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 travelled	aux
91	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	104 have	advcl
92	over	over	ADV	_	93 nearly	advmod
93	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	94 all	advmod
94	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	95 Europe	det
95	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	91 travelled	obl
96	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 equal	nmod:poss
97	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 travelled	conj
98	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	101 met	nsubj
99	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	101 met	aux
100	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	101 met	advmod
101	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	91 travelled	advcl
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 have	punct
103	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 have	cc
104	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remained	conj
105	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 have	obj
106	to	to	PART	_	107 believe	mark
107	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	105 reason	acl
108	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	112 produce	nsubj
109	or	or	CCONJ	_	110 Germany	cc
110	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	108 Scotland	conj
111	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	112 produce	aux
112	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	107 believe	ccomp
113	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	115 creatures	amod
114	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	115 creatures	amod
115	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	112 produce	obj
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 remained	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain in a quote	past	Olga I			Berlin	time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in berlin=Location
2	grow in a quote	past	we					excited property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here					far property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go in a quote	past	Olga I not said here			Baden		accordingly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to baden=Initial_Location
5	take in a quote	gerund	Olga I not said here		our maid			with us	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument maid=Destination
6	not wish in a quote	gerund	Olga I not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	go not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Olga I not said here			a hotel			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hotel=Initial_Location
8	take in a quote	past	we	apartments		a private _ pension			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent apartment=Value in pension=Location
9	keep in a quote	participle	we not said here					by a family from Edinburgh and two old maids and family's brother and Mac Stab by name	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by family=Location
10	travell in a quote	present · perfect	France	all Europe					tree rules
11	not meet in a quote	present · perfect	France						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	have in a quote	present	Olga I not said here	reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
13	believe in a quote	to-infinitive	Olga I not said here	reason not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
14	produce in a quote	could	Scotland or Germany	few such creatures					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Result
15	report in a quote			the battle					nom report «communication 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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 45