Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 67
Wonderful as this was, it was still more remarkable that no one had ever been able to come near him, although various sportsmen had attempted it, not even when they waited in the early morning on the spot where he was wont to appear.
Who acts: age, one, sportsmen, appearance · What happens: be, come, attempt, not wait, appear · To what, where: various sportsmen, spot
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 (age, one, sportsmen, appearance), 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 | Wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 3 this | case |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Wonderful | obl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wonderful | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 remarkable | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 remarkable | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 remarkable | cop |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 remarkable | advmod |
| 9 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 remarkable | advmod |
| 10 | remarkable | remarkable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wonderful | conj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 able | mark |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 one | det |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 able | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 able | aux |
| 15 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 17 able | advmod |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 able | cop |
| 17 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 remarkable | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 come | mark |
| 19 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 able | xcomp |
| 20 | near | near | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 come | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 attempted | punct |
| 23 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 27 attempted | mark |
| 24 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 sportsmen | amod |
| 25 | sportsmen | sportsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 attempted | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 attempted | aux |
| 27 | attempted | attempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 come | advcl |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 attempted | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 waited | punct |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 waited | advmod |
| 31 | even | even | ADV | _ | 34 waited | advmod |
| 32 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 34 waited | mark |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 waited | nsubj |
| 34 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 attempted | conj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 morning | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 morning | det |
| 37 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 morning | amod |
| 38 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 waited | obl |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 spot | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 spot | det |
| 41 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 waited | obl |
| 42 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 45 wont | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 wont | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 wont | cop |
| 45 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 spot | acl:relcl |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 appear | mark |
| 47 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 wont | xcomp |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wonderful | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | as this; wonderful property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | past | age | still | remarkable property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | no one | ever | able property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | come | to-infinitive | no one not said here | near appearance | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | ||||
| 5 | attempt | past · perfect · passive | various sportsmen | age | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not wait | past | sportsmen = sportsman | the spot | morning | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on spot=Location | |||
| 7 | is | past | appearance | wont property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | appear | to-infinitive | appearance not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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