Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 52
While indulging in these reminiscences a low exclamation from his companion aroused him from his reverie.
Who acts: low exclamation · What happens: indulge, arouse · To what, where: reminiscences, storm, reverie
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 (low exclamation), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 2 indulging | mark |
| 2 | indulging | indulge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 aroused | advcl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 reminiscences | case |
| 4 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 reminiscences | det |
| 5 | reminiscences | reminiscence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 indulging | obl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 exclamation | det |
| 7 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 exclamation | amod |
| 8 | exclamation | exclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 aroused | nsubj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 companion | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 companion | nmod:poss |
| 11 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 exclamation | nmod |
| 12 | aroused | arouse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 aroused | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 reverie | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 reverie | nmod:poss |
| 16 | reverie | reverie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 aroused | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 aroused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indulge | gerund | a low exclamation from storm's companion not said here | this reminiscences | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | arouse | past | a low exclamation from storm's companion | storm | storm's reverie | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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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