Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 71

The herb-gatherer, however, was known to be a man of veracity, and they soon became convinced of the truth of his statement; for no sooner had he climbed the Hagedorn than the White Stag ran to him, and walked trustfully by his side, ate from his hand, and followed his steps.

Who acts: plants, gatherer, White Stag · What happens: know, be, become, have, climb, run · To what, where: herb gatherer, man, Hagedorn, gatherer, hand, steps

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 (plants, gatherer, White Stag), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gatherer	det
2	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gatherer	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 herb	punct
4	gatherer	gatherer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gatherer	punct
6	however	however	ADV	_	9 known	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 however	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 known	aux:pass
9	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	13 man	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 man	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 veracity	case
15	veracity	veracity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 became	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 became	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 became	nsubj
19	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 became	advmod
20	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 known	conj
21	convinced	convinced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 became	xcomp
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 truth	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 truth	det
24	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 convinced	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 statement	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 statement	nmod:poss
27	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 truth	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 had	punct
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	32 had	mark
30	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	31 sooner	det
31	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	32 had	advmod
32	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 known	parataxis
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 climbed	nsubj
34	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 had	ccomp
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Hagedorn	det
36	Hagedorn	Hagedorn	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 climbed	obj
37	than	than	SCONJ	_	41 ran	mark
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Stag	det
39	White	White	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 Stag	amod
40	Stag	Stag	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 ran	nsubj
41	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 climbed	advcl
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 him	case
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 ran	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 walked	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 walked	cc
46	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 had	conj
47	trustfully	trustfully	ADV	_	46 walked	advmod
48	by	by	ADP	_	50 side	case
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 side	nmod:poss
50	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 walked	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 ate	punct
52	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 walked	conj
53	from	from	ADP	_	55 hand	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 hand	nmod:poss
55	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 ate	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 followed	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 followed	cc
58	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 had	conj
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 steps	nmod:poss
60	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 followed	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 known	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	past · passive		the herb gatherer			however property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
2	is a	to-infinitive		a man			of veracity	tree rules
3	become	past	plants = plant				convinced, soon property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	have	past					soon property	tree rules
5	climb	past	gatherer	the Hagedorn				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hagedorn=Theme
6	run	past	the White Stag		gatherer			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result
7	walk	past					by gatherer's side; trustfully property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Trajectory
8	eat	past				gatherer's hand		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from hand=Source
9	follow	past		gatherer's steps				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme
10	state		gatherer					nom statement «communication transitive»: poss=agent
11	step		gatherer					nom step «act 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 71

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Pragmatics

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 71