Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 23
Before the image of the Virgin she knelt daily, and prayed for his return; but her petitions seemed unheeded, for troops of combatants returned from battle, but nowhere could she see the plumed helmet of Volkmar, and all were silent and sad at her questioning.
Who acts: Liutburga, petitions, all, knight · What happens: kneel, pray, seem, return, see, plume · To what, where: image, combatants, battle, plumed helmet, questioning, Virgin
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 (Liutburga, petitions, all, knight), 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 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 3 image | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 image | det |
| 3 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 knelt | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Virgin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Virgin | det |
| 6 | Virgin | virgin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 image | nmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 knelt | nsubj |
| 8 | knelt | kneel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 8 knelt | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 prayed | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 prayed | cc |
| 12 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 knelt | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 return | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 return | nmod:poss |
| 15 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 prayed | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 seemed | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 seemed | cc |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 petitions | nmod:poss |
| 19 | petitions | petition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 seemed | nsubj |
| 20 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 knelt | parataxis |
| 21 | unheeded | unheeded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 seemed | xcomp |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 troops | punct |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 troops | case |
| 24 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 20 seemed | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 combatants | case |
| 26 | combatants | combatant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 troops | nmod |
| 27 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 combatants | acl |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 battle | case |
| 29 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 returned | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 see | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 see | cc |
| 32 | nowhere | nowhere | ADV | PronType=Neg | 35 see | advmod |
| 33 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 see | aux |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 see | nsubj |
| 35 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 seemed | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 helmet | det |
| 37 | plumed | plume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 helmet | amod |
| 38 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 see | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Volkmar | case |
| 40 | Volkmar | Volkmar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 helmet | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 silent | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 silent | cc |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 silent | nsubj |
| 44 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 silent | cop |
| 45 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 see | conj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 sad | cc |
| 47 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 silent | conj |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 50 questioning | case |
| 49 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 questioning | nmod:poss |
| 50 | questioning | questioning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 silent | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 knelt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel | past | Liutburga | the image of the Virgin | daily property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before image=Location | |||
| 2 | pray | past | Liutburga not said here | for knight's return | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for return=Theme | ||||
| 3 | seem | past | Liutburga's petitions | for troops of combatants; unheeded property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | return | participle | combatants not said here | battle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from battle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | see | could | Liutburga | the plumed helmet of Volkmar | nowhere property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer helmet=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | plume | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | is | past | all | Liutburga's questioning | silent property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | be | all not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | image | the Virgin | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | return | knight | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | petition | Liutburga | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | question | Liutburga | nom questioning «communication transitive»: 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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