Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 68
In our dreams we saw the ancient Königsburg in splendour, heard the forest ring with the noise of the hunt, saw the troop of huntsmen ride back to the castle, among them many a knight, earl, and prince, and foremost rode the Kaiser with his blushing daughter Reinhilde.
Who acts: we, troop, our, hunt · What happens: see, hear, ride back, ride, dream, noise · To what, where: ancient Königsburg, dreams, forest ring, huntsmen, castle, Kaiser · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (we, troop, our, hunt), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 dreams | case |
| 2 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | obl |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Königsburg | det |
| 7 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Königsburg | amod |
| 8 | Königsburg | Königsburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 splendour | case |
| 10 | splendour | splendour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Königsburg | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 heard | punct |
| 12 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ring | det |
| 14 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ring | compound |
| 15 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 heard | obj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 noise | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 noise | det |
| 18 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 heard | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 hunt | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hunt | det |
| 21 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 noise | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saw | punct |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 troop | det |
| 25 | troop | troop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 ride | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 huntsmen | case |
| 27 | huntsmen | huntsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 troop | nmod |
| 28 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 saw | ccomp |
| 29 | back | back | ADV | _ | 28 ride | advmod |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 castle | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 castle | det |
| 32 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 ride | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 them | punct |
| 34 | among | among | ADP | _ | 35 them | case |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 saw | obj |
| 36 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 knight | amod |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 knight | det |
| 38 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 them | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 earl | punct |
| 40 | earl | earl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 knight | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 prince | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 prince | cc |
| 43 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 knight | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 foremost | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 foremost | cc |
| 46 | foremost | foremost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 knight | conj |
| 47 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 foremost | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Kaiser | det |
| 49 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 rode | obj |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 daughter | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 52 | blushing | blushing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 daughter | compound |
| 53 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 Kaiser | nmod |
| 54 | Reinhilde | Reinhilde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 daughter | appos |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | we | the ancient Königsburg | our dreams | in splendour | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer königsburg=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | hear | past | we not said here | the forest ring | with the noise of the hunt | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | see | past | we not said here | huntsmen = huntsman | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ride back | present | the troop of huntsmen | the castle | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | ride | past | we not said here | the Kaiser | with troop's blushing daughter | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kaiser=Theme | |||
| 6 | dream | our | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | noise | the hunt | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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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