Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 149
And now a single man approaches, stops by the entrance, throws himself on his knees before the shrine of the Virgin, and as Reinhilde hears the voice she trembles and turns pale, for the Kaiser it is who prays.
Who acts: voice, Virgin · What happens: stop, throw, hear, tremble, turn, be · To what, where: Quick, knees, voice
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (voice, Virgin), 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 | _ | 8 stops | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 stops | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 approaches | det |
| 4 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 approaches | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 approaches | compound |
| 6 | approaches | approach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 now | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stops | punct |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 entrance | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 entrance | det |
| 11 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stops | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 throws | punct |
| 13 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stops | conj |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 throws | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 knees | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 knees | nmod:poss |
| 17 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 throws | obl |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 20 shrine | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 shrine | det |
| 20 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 throws | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Virgin | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Virgin | det |
| 23 | Virgin | virgin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 shrine | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 hears | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 hears | cc |
| 26 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 Reinhilde | case |
| 27 | Reinhilde | Reinhilde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 hears | obl |
| 28 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stops | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 voice | det |
| 30 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 hears | obj |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 trembles | nsubj |
| 32 | trembles | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 voice | acl:relcl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 turns | cc |
| 34 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 trembles | conj |
| 35 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 turns | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 prays | punct |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 Kaiser | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Kaiser | det |
| 39 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 prays | obl |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 prays | nsubj |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 prays | cop |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 prays | nsubj |
| 43 | prays | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 hears | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 stops | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | now | by the entrance | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | throw | present | Quick | Quick's knees | before the shrine of the Virgin | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on knee=Destination | |||
| 3 | hear | present | the voice | as Reinhilde | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | tremble | present | voice | the voice not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location voice=Theme | ||||
| 5 | turn | present | voice not said here | pale property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | present | Virgin | for the Kaiser; who nsubj; pray property | tree rules |
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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