Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 117
And the leader cried: "Fasten a rope to the arch of the gates, give him an hour to say his prayers, but in the deepest dungeon, and then hang him for a punishment and a warning."
Who acts: leader · What happens: cry, fasten, give, say, hang, pray · To what, where: rope, deepest dungeon, leader, prayers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leader), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cried | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 leader | det |
| 3 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fasten | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fasten | punct |
| 7 | Fasten | fasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cried | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rope | det |
| 9 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Fasten | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 arch | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 arch | det |
| 12 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Fasten | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 gates | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gates | det |
| 15 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 arch | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 give | punct |
| 17 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Fasten | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 give | iobj |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 hour | det |
| 20 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 give | obj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 say | mark |
| 22 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 give | advcl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 prayers | nmod:poss |
| 24 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 say | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 dungeon | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 dungeon | cc |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 dungeon | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 dungeon | det |
| 29 | deepest | deep | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 30 dungeon | amod |
| 30 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Fasten | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 hang | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 hang | cc |
| 33 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 hang | advmod |
| 34 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Fasten | conj |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 hang | obj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 punishment | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 punishment | det |
| 38 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 hang | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 warning | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 warning | det |
| 41 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 punishment | conj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fasten | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fasten | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | the leader | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fasten in a quote | infinitive | a rope | the deepest dungeon | to the arch of the gates | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to arch=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | give in a quote | present | leader | hour | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | leader's prayers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | |||||
| 5 | hang in a quote | infinitive | leader | then | for a punishment and a warning | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 6 | pray in a quote | leader | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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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