Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 43

And he strove to comfort her, and thought they were enough in each other, and would be able to support themselves without aid from the world of enchantment; but in his mind he thought she might have gathered the flower, for tales were still told of great treasures guarded by the maiden of the Lauenburg, and he had himself already seen much of the wonder-world, and the influence of higher powers over human destiny.

Who acts: troop, maidens, girl · What happens: strive, comfort, think, be, support, gather · To what, where: girl, each, maidens, mind, flower, tales · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troop, maidens, girl), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 strove	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 strove	nsubj
3	strove	strive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 comfort	mark
5	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strove	xcomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 comfort	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thought	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thought	cc
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 strove	parataxis
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 enough	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 enough	cop
12	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 thought	ccomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 each	case
14	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	9 thought	obl
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 each	fixed
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 able	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 able	cc
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 able	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 able	cop
20	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thought	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 support	mark
22	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 able	xcomp
23	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 support	obj
24	without	without	ADP	_	25 aid	case
25	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 support	obl
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 world	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 world	det
28	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 aid	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 enchantment	case
30	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 world	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 thought	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	37 thought	cc
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 mind	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 mind	nmod:poss
35	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 thought	obl
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 thought	nsubj
37	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 strove	parataxis
38	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 gathered	nsubj
39	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 gathered	aux
40	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 gathered	aux
41	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 thought	ccomp
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 flower	det
43	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 gathered	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 told	punct
45	for	for	SCONJ	_	49 told	mark
46	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 told	nsubj:pass
47	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 told	aux:pass
48	still	still	ADV	_	49 told	advmod
49	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 gathered	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 treasures	case
51	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 treasures	amod
52	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 told	obl
53	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 treasures	acl
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 maiden	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 maiden	det
56	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 guarded	obl
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 Lauenburg	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 Lauenburg	det
59	Lauenburg	Lauenburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 maiden	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 had	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 had	cc
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 had	nsubj
63	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 thought	conj
64	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	63 had	obj
65	already	already	ADV	_	66 seen	advmod
66	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 had	xcomp
67	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 seen	obj
68	of	of	ADP	_	72 world	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 world	det
70	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 world	compound
71	-	-	PUNCT	_	70 wonder	punct
72	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 much	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 influence	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 influence	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 influence	det
76	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strove	parataxis
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 powers	case
78	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	79 powers	amod
79	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 influence	nmod
80	over	over	ADP	_	82 destiny	case
81	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 destiny	amod
82	destiny	destiny	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 powers	nmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strove	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strive	past	troop				the influence of higher powers over human destiny parataxis	tree rules
2	comfort	to-infinitive	troop not said here	girl				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
3	think speech: other	past			each			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	maidens = maiden				enough property	tree rules
5	is	would					able property	tree rules
6	support	to-infinitive		maidens = maiden			without aid from the world of enchantment	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus
7	think speech: other	past	troop		troop's mind			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
8	gather	might · perfect	girl	the flower				vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme
9	tell speech: assert	past · passive		tales		still	of great treasures	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
10	guard	participle		great treasures not said here			by the maiden of the Lauenburg	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
11	have	past	troop	troop				tree rules
12	see	participle	troop not said here	much of the wonder world				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus
13	mind		troop					nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 43