Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 61
Where the flower grew, now stood, sweetly smiling, in swan-white garments, a graceful maiden, who looked kindly on the lovers, and, pointing to a vault at the base of the tower, in which glittered gold and silver vessels of all sorts, stooped and handed one piece after another to the astonished lovers, who took the costly gifts as in a dream.
Who acts: flower, graceful maiden, astonished lovers · What happens: grow, stand, smile, look, point, glitter · To what, where: swan white garments, vault, base, gold, one piece, astonished lovers
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 (flower, graceful maiden, astonished lovers), 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 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 grew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 flower | det |
| 3 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stood | punct |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 stood | advmod |
| 7 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grew | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 smiling | punct |
| 9 | sweetly | sweetly | ADV | _ | 10 smiling | advmod |
| 10 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 grew | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 garments | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 garments | case |
| 13 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 garments | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 swan | punct |
| 15 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 garments | amod |
| 16 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 smiling | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 maiden | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 maiden | det |
| 19 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 maiden | amod |
| 20 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 garments | appos |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 looked | punct |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 looked | nsubj |
| 23 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 maiden | acl:relcl |
| 24 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 23 looked | advmod |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 lovers | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 lovers | det |
| 27 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 looked | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 pointing | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 pointing | cc |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 pointing | punct |
| 31 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 grew | advcl |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 vault | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 vault | det |
| 34 | vault | vault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 pointing | obl |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 base | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 base | det |
| 37 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 pointing | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 tower | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 tower | det |
| 40 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 base | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 glittered | punct |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 which | case |
| 43 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 glittered | nsubj |
| 44 | glittered | glitter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 pointing | parataxis |
| 45 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 glittered | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 vessels | cc |
| 47 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 vessels | compound |
| 48 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 gold | conj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 sorts | case |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 sorts | det |
| 51 | sorts | sort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 vessels | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 stooped | punct |
| 53 | stooped | stoop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 glittered | conj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 handed | cc |
| 55 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 stooped | conj |
| 56 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 57 piece | nummod |
| 57 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 handed | obj |
| 58 | after | after | ADP | _ | 59 another | case |
| 59 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 55 handed | obl |
| 60 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 lovers | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 lovers | det |
| 62 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 lovers | amod |
| 63 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 handed | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 took | punct |
| 65 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 took | nsubj |
| 66 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 lovers | acl:relcl |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 gifts | det |
| 68 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 gifts | amod |
| 69 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 took | obj |
| 70 | as | as | ADP | _ | 73 dream | case |
| 71 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 dream | case |
| 72 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 73 dream | det |
| 73 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 took | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the flower | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | the flower not said here | now | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | smile | gerund | the flower not said here | swan white garments | sweetly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Topic | |||
| 4 | look | past | a graceful maiden | on the lovers; kindly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on lover=Theme | ||||
| 5 | point | gerund | the flower not said here | a vault | the base of the tower | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to vault=Recipient | |||
| 6 | glitter | past | gold and silver vessels of all sorts | which nsubj | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ||||
| 7 | stoop | past | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | hand | past | one piece | the astonished lovers | after another | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme to lover=Destination | |||
| 9 | take | past | the astonished lovers | the costly gifts | as a dream | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent gift=Theme as dream=Attribute |
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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