Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 85
"Among the heaps of the slain, stumbling over horse and rider, we searched till night grew pale before the dawn, and then we found what we sought--and dreaded to find--Franz dead, and Olga lying with her head on his breast, in a deathly swoon, her garments wet with dew, and her long beautiful hair falling over her dead husband's face.
Who acts: heaps, night, we, Olga, garments, long beautiful hair · What happens: stumble, search, grow, find, seek, dread · To what, where: breast, face · 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 (heaps, night, we, 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 | _ | 4 heaps | punct |
| 2 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 4 heaps | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 heaps | det |
| 4 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 searched | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 slain | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slain | det |
| 7 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heaps | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stumbling | punct |
| 9 | stumbling | stumble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 heaps | acl |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 horse | case |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stumbling | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rider | cc |
| 13 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 horse | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heaps | punct |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 searched | nsubj |
| 16 | searched | search | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 19 grew | mark |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 grew | nsubj |
| 19 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 searched | advcl |
| 20 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 grew | xcomp |
| 21 | before | before | ADP | _ | 23 dawn | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 dawn | det |
| 23 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 grew | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 found | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 found | cc |
| 26 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 found | advmod |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 found | nsubj |
| 28 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 searched | conj |
| 29 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 sought | obj |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 sought | nsubj |
| 31 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 found | ccomp |
| 32 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 34 dreaded | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 dreaded | cc |
| 34 | dreaded | dread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 searched | conj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 find | mark |
| 36 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 dreaded | xcomp |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 dead | punct |
| 38 | Franz | Franz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 dead | nsubj |
| 39 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 find | ccomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 lying | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 lying | cc |
| 42 | Olga | Olga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 lying | nsubj |
| 43 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 searched | conj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 head | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 head | nmod:poss |
| 46 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lying | obl |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 breast | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 breast | nmod:poss |
| 49 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lying | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 swoon | punct |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 swoon | case |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 swoon | det |
| 53 | deathly | deathly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 swoon | amod |
| 54 | swoon | swoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lying | parataxis |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 wet | punct |
| 56 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 garments | nmod:poss |
| 57 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 wet | nsubj |
| 58 | wet | wet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 swoon | parataxis |
| 59 | with | with | ADP | _ | 60 dew | case |
| 60 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 wet | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 falling | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 falling | cc |
| 63 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 hair | nmod:poss |
| 64 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 hair | amod |
| 65 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 hair | amod |
| 66 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 falling | nsubj |
| 67 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 searched | advcl |
| 68 | over | over | ADP | _ | 73 face | case |
| 69 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 husband | nmod:poss |
| 70 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 husband | amod |
| 71 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 face | nmod:poss |
| 72 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 71 husband | case |
| 73 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 falling | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 searched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stumble in a quote | gerund | the heaps of the slain not said here | over horse and rider | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over horse=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | search in a quote | past | the heaps of the slain | we nsubj | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | grow in a quote | past | night | dawn | pale property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | find in a quote | past | we | then | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | seek in a quote | past | we | what obj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 6 | dread in a quote | past | the heaps of the slain not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | find in a quote | to-infinitive | the heaps of the slain not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | lie in a quote | gerund | Olga | Franz's breast | with Olga's head; a deathly swoon parataxis | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on breast=Location | |||
| 9 | wet in a quote | present | Olga's garments | with dew | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dew=Instrument | ||||
| 10 | fall in a quote | gerund | Olga's long beautiful hair | Olga's dead husband's face | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over face=Location |
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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