Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 97
At the same time the immediate fulfilment of his wish appeared to have its shady sides, for the soldiers who stood on the walls of the castle grew noisy, and called down to him with abusive and threatening words, and commanded him at once to bring up all the fish and other articles of provision which he had, or his last hour was come.
Who acts: immediate fulfilment, soldiers, fulfilment · What happens: appear, have, stand, grow, call down, threaten · To what, where: shady sides, walls, fulfilment, fish, provision, last hour · 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 (immediate fulfilment, soldiers, fulfilment), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 appeared | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fulfilment | det |
| 6 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fulfilment | amod |
| 7 | fulfilment | fulfilment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 appeared | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wish | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 wish | nmod:poss |
| 10 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fulfilment | nmod |
| 11 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 have | mark |
| 13 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 appeared | xcomp |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sides | nmod:poss |
| 15 | shady | shady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sides | amod |
| 16 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 have | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 soldiers | punct |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 soldiers | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 soldiers | det |
| 20 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 grew | nsubj |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 stood | nsubj |
| 22 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 walls | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 walls | det |
| 25 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 stood | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 castle | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 castle | det |
| 28 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 walls | nmod |
| 29 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 appeared | conj |
| 30 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 grew | xcomp |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 called | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 called | cc |
| 33 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 appeared | conj |
| 34 | down | down | ADP | _ | 33 called | compound:prt |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 called | obl |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 words | case |
| 38 | abusive | abusive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 words | amod |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 threatening | cc |
| 40 | threatening | threaten | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 words | amod |
| 41 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 called | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 commanded | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 commanded | cc |
| 44 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 appeared | conj |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 commanded | obj |
| 46 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 once | case |
| 47 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 44 commanded | obl |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 bring | mark |
| 49 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 commanded | advcl |
| 50 | up | up | ADP | _ | 49 bring | compound:prt |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 fish | det:predet |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 fish | det |
| 53 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 bring | obj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 articles | cc |
| 55 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 articles | amod |
| 56 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 fish | conj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 provision | case |
| 58 | provision | provision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 articles | nmod |
| 59 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 61 had | obj |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 had | nsubj |
| 61 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 provision | acl:relcl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 come | punct |
| 63 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 68 come | cc |
| 64 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 hour | nmod:poss |
| 65 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 hour | amod |
| 66 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 come | nsubj |
| 67 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 68 come | aux:pass |
| 68 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 had | parataxis |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 appeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish | time | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish not said here | question's shady sides | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | the soldiers | the walls of the castle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | ||||
| 4 | grow | past | the soldiers | noisy property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | call down speech: assert | participle | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish not said here | fulfilment | with abusive threatening words | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | |||
| 6 | threaten | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | command | past | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish not said here | fulfilment | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent he=Theme at once=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | bring up | to-infinitive | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish not said here | all fish and other articles of provision | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ||||
| 9 | have | past | fulfilment | provision | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | ||||
| 10 | come | past · passive | fulfilment's last hour | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 11 | fulfil | fulfilment's wish | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 12 | wish | fulfilment | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | article | provision | nom article «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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