Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 70
Hence every one shook the head doubtfully when one day an herb-gatherer of the village, named Weidemann, declared that he had not only been near the Stag, but that the animal had come close to him, leaned against him, eaten of the plants he carried, and finally had followed him part way down the declivity of the mountain.
Who acts: one, Weidemann, animal · What happens: shake, name, declare, have, not be, come · To what, where: head, herb gatherer, Stag, plants, animal, declivity · 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 (one, Weidemann, animal), 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 | Hence | hence | ADV | _ | 4 shook | advmod |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | nsubj |
| 4 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 head | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | obj |
| 7 | doubtfully | doubtfully | ADV | _ | 4 shook | advmod |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 19 named | mark |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 day | nummod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 named | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gatherer | det |
| 12 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gatherer | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 herb | punct |
| 14 | gatherer | gatherer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 named | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 village | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 village | det |
| 17 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gatherer | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 named | punct |
| 19 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 shook | advcl |
| 20 | Weidemann | Weidemann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 named | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 declared | punct |
| 22 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shook | conj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 had | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 had | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 declared | ccomp |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 Stag | advmod |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 31 Stag | advmod |
| 28 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 Stag | cop |
| 29 | near | near | ADP | _ | 31 Stag | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Stag | det |
| 31 | Stag | Stag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 had | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 come | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 come | cc |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 come | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 animal | det |
| 36 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 come | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 come | aux |
| 38 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 shook | conj |
| 39 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 come | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 close | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 leaned | punct |
| 43 | leaned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shook | parataxis |
| 44 | against | against | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 leaned | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 eaten | punct |
| 47 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 leaned | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 plants | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 plants | det |
| 50 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 eaten | obl |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 carried | nsubj |
| 52 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 plants | acl:relcl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 followed | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 followed | cc |
| 55 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 57 followed | advmod |
| 56 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 followed | aux |
| 57 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 shook | parataxis |
| 58 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 followed | obj |
| 59 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 way | compound |
| 60 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 followed | obl:unmarked |
| 61 | down | down | ADP | _ | 63 declivity | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 declivity | det |
| 63 | declivity | declivity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 followed | obl |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 mountain | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 mountain | det |
| 66 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 declivity | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shook | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | every one | the head | doubtfully, hence property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | |||
| 2 | name | participle · passive | a herb gatherer of the village | day | Weidemann xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | declare speech: other | past | every one not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have | past | Weidemann | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | not is | participle | the Stag | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | come | past · perfect | the animal | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | learn | past | against Weidemann | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | eat | participle | of the plants | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of plant=Source | |||||
| 9 | carry | past | animal | the plants not said here | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | ||||
| 10 | follow | past · perfect | animal | the declivity of the mountain | part way obl:unmarked; finally property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme down declivity=Trajectory |
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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