Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 95
"Often, accompanied by the harp he so loved, I sang his favourite lines, my heart frantic with grief, but outwardly calm, for God lent me strength.
Who acts: death, Samper, God · What happens: accompany, love, sing, lend · To what, where: harp, favourite lines, strength, Samper
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 (death, Samper, God), 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 accompanied | punct |
| 2 | Often | often | ADV | _ | 4 accompanied | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accompanied | punct |
| 4 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 harp | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 harp | det |
| 7 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accompanied | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 loved | nsubj |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 loved | advmod |
| 10 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 harp | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sang | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 sang | nsubj |
| 13 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 accompanied | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lines | nmod:poss |
| 15 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 lines | amod |
| 16 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sang | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 frantic | punct |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 heart | nmod:poss |
| 19 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 frantic | nsubj |
| 20 | frantic | frantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sang | conj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 grief | case |
| 22 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 frantic | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 calm | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 calm | cc |
| 25 | outwardly | outwardly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 calm | amod |
| 26 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 frantic | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 lent | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 lent | mark |
| 29 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 lent | nsubj |
| 30 | lent | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 calm | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 lent | obj |
| 32 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 lent | obj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 accompanied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accompany in a quote | participle | by the harp; often property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by harp=Destination | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | past | death | the harp not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harp=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express in a quote | past | Samper Mr. = samper | death's favourite lines | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location line=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lend in a quote | past | God | strength | Samper Mr. = samper | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient strength=Theme |
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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