Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 81

Once--it was a St. John's day--he saw a Graumännchen[1] on the other side of the stream, who evidently wished to cross, but did not venture to wade through, since the waters had risen in the late thunderstorm, and there was at that time no bridge.

Who acts: Schloss, tradition, stream · What happens: be, see, wish, cross, not venture, wade through · To what, where: day, Graumännchen, other side, waters, late thunderstorm

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 (Schloss, tradition, stream), 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	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	root	root
2	--	--	PUNCT	_	1 Once	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 day	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 day	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
6	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 John	nmod:desc
7	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 day	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 John	case
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Once	obl:unmarked
10	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 day	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 Graumännchen	det
14	Graumännchen	Graumännchen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obj
15	[	[	PUNCT	_	16 1	punct
16	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 Graumännchen	flat
17	]	]	PUNCT	_	16 1	punct
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 side	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 side	det
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 side	amod
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 stream	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 stream	det
24	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 side	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 wished	punct
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 wished	nsubj
27	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	28 wished	advmod
28	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 stream	acl:relcl
29	to	to	PART	_	30 cross	mark
30	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 wished	xcomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 venture	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 venture	cc
33	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 venture	aux
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	35 venture	advmod
35	venture	venture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 saw	conj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 wade	mark
37	wade	wade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 venture	xcomp
38	through	through	ADV	_	37 wade	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 risen	punct
40	since	since	SCONJ	_	44 risen	mark
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 waters	det
42	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 risen	nsubj:pass
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 risen	aux
44	risen	rise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 venture	parataxis
45	in	in	ADP	_	48 thunderstorm	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 thunderstorm	det
47	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 thunderstorm	amod
48	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 risen	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 was	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 was	cc
51	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	52 was	expl
52	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 risen	parataxis
53	at	at	ADP	_	55 time	case
54	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 time	det
55	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 was	obl
56	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	57 bridge	det
57	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 time	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Once	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Schloss	John St.'s day			John St. nmod:poss	tree rules
2	see	past	tradition	a Graumännchen	the other side of the stream			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer graumännchen=Stimulus
3	wish	past	the stream				evidently property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	cross not said to happen	to-infinitive	the stream not said here					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not venture	past · do-support	tradition not said here					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	wade through	to-infinitive	tradition not said here				through property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	rise	past · perfect · passive		the waters	the late thunderstorm			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
8	be	past			there	time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 81