Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 119
There he lay, and could not for some time collect his thoughts; but when he came to his full senses a deep sorrow seized him to see what he had brought upon himself through his foolish wish.
Who acts: leader, deep sorrow · What happens: lie, not collect, come, sense, seize, see · To what, where: thoughts, leader, foolish wish · 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, deep sorrow), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 lay | expl |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lay | nsubj |
| 3 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 collect | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 collect | cc |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 collect | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 collect | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 collect | obl |
| 11 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lay | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 13 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 collect | obj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 came | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 came | cc |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 came | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 came | nsubj |
| 18 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lay | conj |
| 19 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 22 senses | mark |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 senses | nmod:poss |
| 21 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 senses | amod |
| 22 | senses | sense | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 came | advcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 sorrow | det |
| 24 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 sorrow | amod |
| 25 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 seized | nsubj |
| 26 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 senses | ccomp |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 seized | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 see | mark |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 seized | advcl |
| 30 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 33 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 brought | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 brought | aux |
| 33 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 see | ccomp |
| 34 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 35 himself | case |
| 35 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 33 brought | obl |
| 36 | through | through | ADP | _ | 39 wish | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 wish | nmod:poss |
| 38 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 wish | amod |
| 39 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 brought | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | leader | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not collect | could | leader not said here | leader's thoughts | time | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | |||
| 3 | come | past | leader | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sense | present | leader not said here | leader nmod:poss | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | seize | past | a deep sorrow | leader | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | to-infinitive | a deep sorrow not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | bring | past · perfect · passive | leader's foolish wish | upon leader; what nsubj:pass | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | think | leader | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | wish | leader | nom wish «feeling 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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