Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 125
But when he had dried his eyes, and opened them again, he drew a long breath, for he lay on the banks of the Bode beside his nets, which had filled with fish; and of Schloss and Ritter was nothing to be seen--only the ruins as ever.
Who acts: Graumännchen, Schloss · What happens: dry, open, draw, lie, fill, be · To what, where: eyes, long breath, banks, nets, nothing
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 (Graumännchen, Schloss), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 dried | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 dried | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dried | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dried | aux |
| 5 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dried | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 opened | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 opened | cc |
| 10 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dried | parataxis |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 opened | obj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 opened | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 drew | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 drew | nsubj |
| 15 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 opened | parataxis |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 breath | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 breath | amod |
| 18 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 drew | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 lay | punct |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 lay | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 lay | nsubj |
| 22 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 drew | conj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 banks | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 banks | det |
| 25 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 lay | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Bode | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Bode | det |
| 28 | Bode | Bode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 banks | nmod |
| 29 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 31 nets | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 nets | nmod:poss |
| 31 | nets | net | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 lay | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 filled | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 filled | aux |
| 35 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 nets | acl |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 fish | case |
| 37 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 filled | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 seen | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 nothing | cc |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Schloss | case |
| 41 | Schloss | schloss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 nothing | nsubj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 Ritter | cc |
| 43 | Ritter | ritter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Schloss | conj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 nothing | cop |
| 45 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 48 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 seen | mark |
| 47 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 48 seen | aux:pass |
| 48 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dried | conj |
| 49 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 52 ruins | punct |
| 50 | only | only | ADV | _ | 52 ruins | advmod |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 ruins | det |
| 52 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 seen | obl |
| 53 | as | as | ADV | _ | 54 ever | advmod |
| 54 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 48 seen | advmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dry | past · perfect | Graumännchen | Graumännchen's eyes | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient eye=Result | ||||
| 2 | open | past | eyes = eye | again | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | draw | past | Graumännchen | a long breath | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie | past | Graumännchen | the banks of the Bode | beside Graumännchen's nets | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location | |||
| 5 | fill | past · perfect · passive | Graumännchen's nets | with fish | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fish=Instrument | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | Schloss and Ritter | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | to-infinitive · passive | nothing | ever | the ruins obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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