Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 95
"The son of an Earl had fallen in love with the daughter of the Ritter who dwelt ages ago in Schloss Treseburg, and came every day and stood on the summit of the Hagedorn, and gazed across to the Treseburg, to see if he could catch a glimpse of the maiden, or a greeting from her.
Who acts: son, Ritter · What happens: fall, dwell, come, stand, gaze, see · To what, where: love, Schloss, summit, glimpse, maiden
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 (son, Ritter), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fallen | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 son | det |
| 3 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fallen | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Earl | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Earl | det |
| 6 | Earl | Earl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 son | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fallen | aux |
| 8 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 love | case |
| 10 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fallen | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 daughter | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 daughter | det |
| 13 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fallen | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Ritter | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Ritter | det |
| 16 | Ritter | ritter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 daughter | nmod |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 dwelt | nsubj |
| 18 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 Ritter | acl:relcl |
| 19 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 18 dwelt | advmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Schloss | case |
| 22 | Schloss | Schloss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 dwelt | obl |
| 23 | Treseburg | Treseburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Schloss | flat |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 came | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 came | cc |
| 26 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fallen | conj |
| 27 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 day | det |
| 28 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 came | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 stood | cc |
| 30 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 came | conj |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 summit | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 summit | det |
| 33 | summit | summit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stood | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Hagedorn | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Hagedorn | det |
| 36 | Hagedorn | Hagedorn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 summit | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 gazed | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 gazed | cc |
| 39 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 came | parataxis |
| 40 | across | across | ADV | _ | 39 gazed | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 Treseburg | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Treseburg | det |
| 43 | Treseburg | Treseburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 gazed | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 see | punct |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 see | mark |
| 46 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 gazed | conj |
| 47 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 50 catch | mark |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 catch | nsubj |
| 49 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 catch | aux |
| 50 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 see | advcl |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 glimpse | det |
| 52 | glimpse | glimpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 catch | obj |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 maiden | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 maiden | det |
| 55 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 glimpse | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 greeting | punct |
| 57 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 59 greeting | cc |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 greeting | det |
| 59 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 glimpse | appos |
| 60 | from | from | ADP | _ | 61 her | case |
| 61 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 greeting | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fallen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall in a quote | past · perfect | the son of a Earl | love | with the daughter of the Ritter | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | |||
| 2 | dwell in a quote | past | the Ritter | Schloss | ago property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in schloss=Location | |||
| 3 | come in a quote | past | the son of a Earl not said here | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stand in a quote | past | the son of a Earl not said here | the summit of the Hagedorn | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on summit=Location | ||||
| 5 | gaze in a quote | past | to the Treseburg; across property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to treseburg=Theme | |||||
| 6 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | catch a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | could | son | a glimpse of the maiden | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | ||||
| 8 | glimpse in a quote | the maiden | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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