Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 48
"The second day passed, but our missing trunks did not appear--in fact never did--and the third morning, as poor Olga was descending the stairs for breakfast, Miss Mac Stab attacked her crying out, 'See the painted Jezebel! with her curls and diamond rings!
Who acts: Mac Stab, missing trunks, poor Olga · What happens: pass, not appear, not do, descend, attack, cry out · To what, where: fact, stairs, painted Jezebel
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 (Mac Stab, missing trunks, poor Olga), 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 passed | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 attacked | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 appear | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 appear | cc |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trunks | nmod:poss |
| 9 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 trunks | amod |
| 10 | trunks | trunk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 appear | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 appear | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 appear | advmod |
| 13 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 passed | parataxis |
| 14 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 18 did | punct |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 fact | case |
| 16 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 did | obl |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 did | advmod |
| 18 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 appear | conj |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 23 morning | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 morning | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 morning | det |
| 22 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 morning | amod |
| 23 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 descending | punct |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 descending | mark |
| 26 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Olga | amod |
| 27 | Olga | Olga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 descending | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 descending | aux |
| 29 | descending | descend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 passed | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 stairs | det |
| 31 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 descending | obj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 breakfast | case |
| 33 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 descending | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 passed | punct |
| 35 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Mac | compound |
| 36 | Mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Stab | compound |
| 37 | Stab | Stab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 attacked | nsubj |
| 38 | attacked | attack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 crying | nmod:poss |
| 40 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 attacked | advcl |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 crying | compound:prt |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 See | punct |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 44 See | punct |
| 44 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 attacked | conj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Jezebel | det |
| 46 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 Jezebel | amod |
| 47 | Jezebel | Jezebel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 See | obj |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 47 Jezebel | punct |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 curls | case |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 curls | nmod:poss |
| 51 | curls | curl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 See | obl |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 rings | cc |
| 53 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 rings | compound |
| 54 | rings | ring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 curls | conj |
| 55 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 38 attacked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass in a quote | participle | Mac Stab not said here | day; morning | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not appear in a quote | past · do-support | our missing trunks | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not do in a quote | past | our missing trunks not said here | fact | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | descend in a quote | past · progressive | poor Olga | the stairs | for breakfast | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stair=Theme | |||
| 5 | attack in a quote | past | Mac Stab | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | cry out speech: express in a quote | gerund | Mac Stab not said here | Olga nmod:poss | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | see in a quote | infinitive | Mac Stab not said here | the painted Jezebel | with Olga's curls and diamond rings | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jezebel=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | paint in a quote | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=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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