Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 80

"At last we could bear the uncertainty no longer, and assuming the dresses of nuns, we joined several actual nuns and a couple of surgeons, who were going to France to follow the second army, in which Franz and Karl served, to nurse the wounded, seeking them out on the battle-field, which was very necessary, for there were not nurses and surgeons sufficient for the need, and many died for the lack of nursing in time.

Who acts: we, couple, Franz, battle field, nurses, many · What happens: bear, assume, join, go, follow, serve · To what, where: uncertainty, last, dresses, several actual nuns, France, second army

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 (we, couple, Franz, battle field), 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	_	6 bear	punct
2	At	at	ADP	_	3 last	case
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bear	obl
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bear	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bear	aux
6	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 uncertainty	det
8	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bear	obj
9	no	no	ADV	_	10 longer	advmod
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 bear	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 joined	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 joined	cc
13	assuming	assume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 joined	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dresses	det
15	dresses	dress	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 assuming	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 nuns	case
17	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dresses	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 assuming	punct
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 joined	nsubj
20	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bear	conj
21	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 nuns	amod
22	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 nuns	amod
23	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 joined	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 couple	cc
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 couple	det
26	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 nuns	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 surgeons	case
28	surgeons	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 couple	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 going	punct
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 going	nsubj
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 going	aux
32	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 couple	conj
33	to	to	ADP	_	34 France	case
34	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 going	obl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 follow	mark
36	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 going	xcomp
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 army	det
38	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	39 army	amod
39	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 follow	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 served	punct
41	in	in	ADP	_	42 which	case
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 served	obl
43	Franz	Franz	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 served	nsubj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 Karl	cc
45	Karl	Karl	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Franz	conj
46	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 follow	advcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 nurse	punct
48	to	to	PART	_	49 nurse	mark
49	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 served	obl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 wounded	det
51	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 nurse	amod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 seeking	punct
53	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 served	advcl
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 seeking	obj
55	out	out	ADP	_	53 seeking	compound:prt
56	on	on	ADP	_	60 field	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 field	det
58	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 field	compound
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 battle	punct
60	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 seeking	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 necessary	punct
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 necessary	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 necessary	cop
64	very	very	ADV	_	65 necessary	advmod
65	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 field	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 were	punct
67	for	for	SCONJ	_	69 were	mark
68	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	69 were	expl
69	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 died	advcl
70	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	71 nurses	advmod
71	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 were	nsubj
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 surgeons	cc
73	surgeons	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 nurses	conj
74	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 nurses	amod
75	for	for	ADP	_	77 need	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 need	det
77	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 sufficient	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 died	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 died	cc
80	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 died	nsubj
81	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 necessary	parataxis
82	for	for	ADP	_	84 lack	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 lack	det
84	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 died	obl
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 nursing	case
86	nursing	nursing	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 lack	nmod
87	in	in	ADP	_	88 time	case
88	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 nursing	nmod
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bear	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	could	we	the uncertainty		last	long property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncertainty=Patient
2	assume in a quote	gerund	we not said here	the dresses of nuns				vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Theme
3	join in a quote	past	we	several actual nuns and a couple of surgeons				vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nun=Patient
4	go in a quote	past · progressive	a couple of surgeons		France			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	follow in a quote	to-infinitive	a couple of surgeons not said here	the second army				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme
6	serve in a quote	past	Franz and Karl	nurse			which obl	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in which=Attribute
7	seek out in a quote	gerund	Franz and Karl not said here	nuns = nun		the battle field		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme on field=Location
8	is in a quote	past	the battle field				necessary property	tree rules
9	be in a quote	past	nurses and surgeons			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	die in a quote	past	many				for the lack of nursing in time	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for lack=Theme
11	lack in a quote			nursing in time				nom lack «state 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 80