Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 97
"Just as he was about to detach the splendid antlers, to hang up in his castle--for a pair of antlers was his coat of arms--the Waldfrau, the powerful queen of the forest and all game, suddenly broke forth from the underbrush with indignation and wrath, for the dead stag had been her favourite, and cursed the youth in words of fury:
Who acts: son, pair · What happens: be, detach, hang up, break, curse, word · To what, where: splendid antlers, castle, coat, youth, words, fury
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, pair), 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 | _ | 6 about | punct |
| 2 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 6 about | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 about | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 about | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 about | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 detach | mark |
| 8 | detach | detach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 about | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 antlers | det |
| 10 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 antlers | amod |
| 11 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 detach | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hang | punct |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hang | mark |
| 14 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 detach | conj |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 hang | compound:prt |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 castle | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 castle | nmod:poss |
| 18 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hang | obl |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 22 pair | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 pair | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 pair | det |
| 22 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 coat | nsubj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 antlers | case |
| 24 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 pair | nmod |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 coat | cop |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 coat | nmod:poss |
| 27 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hang | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 arms | case |
| 29 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 coat | nmod |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 32 Waldfrau | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Waldfrau | det |
| 32 | Waldfrau | Waldfrau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 arms | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 queen | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 queen | det |
| 35 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 queen | amod |
| 36 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Waldfrau | appos |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 forest | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 forest | det |
| 39 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 queen | nmod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 game | cc |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 42 game | det |
| 42 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 forest | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 broke | punct |
| 44 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 45 broke | advmod |
| 45 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 about | parataxis |
| 46 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 45 broke | advmod |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 underbrush | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 underbrush | det |
| 49 | underbrush | underbrush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 broke | obl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 indignation | case |
| 51 | indignation | indignation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 underbrush | nmod |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 wrath | cc |
| 53 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 underbrush | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 favourite | punct |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 stag | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 stag | det |
| 57 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 stag | amod |
| 58 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 favourite | obl |
| 59 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 favourite | aux |
| 60 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 62 favourite | cop |
| 61 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 favourite | nmod:poss |
| 62 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 broke | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 cursed | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 cursed | cc |
| 65 | cursed | curse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 about | conj |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 youth | det |
| 67 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 cursed | obj |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 words | case |
| 69 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 cursed | obl |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 fury | case |
| 71 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 words | nmod |
| 72 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 about | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | son | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | detach in a quote | to-infinitive | son not said here | the splendid antlers | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Patient | ||||
| 3 | hang up in a quote | to-infinitive | son not said here | son's castle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in castle=Location | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | past | a pair of antlers | son's coat | of arms the Waldfrau; son nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 5 | break in a quote | past | from the underbrush with indignation and wrath; forth, suddenly property | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from underbrush=Co-Patient | |||||
| 6 | is in a quote | past · perfect | for the dead stag; Ritter nmod:poss; favourite property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | curse in a quote | past | son not said here | the youth | words of fury | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | |||
| 8 | word in a quote | fury | nom word «communication 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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