Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 86
All stand aghast at the Kaiser's wrath, all save one noble knight, who steps fearlessly forth from the circle, with head proudly raised, a youth of manly beauty, the blond locks falling on his shoulders, the blue eyes blazing in just indignation, approaches the Kaiser, and cries, "Herr Kaiser, it was not a 'knave.'
Who acts: one noble knight, blond locks, blue eyes, head · What happens: stand, save, step, raise, fall, blaze · To what, where: wrath, one noble knight, circle, head, shoulders, indignation · 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 (one noble knight, blond locks, blue eyes, head), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 stand | advmod |
| 2 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | aghast | aghast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stand | xcomp |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 wrath | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Kaiser | det |
| 6 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wrath | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Kaiser | case |
| 8 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 save | punct |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 save | advmod |
| 11 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stand | parataxis |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 knight | nummod |
| 13 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 knight | amod |
| 14 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 save | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 steps | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 steps | nsubj |
| 17 | steps | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 knight | acl:relcl |
| 18 | fearlessly | fearlessly | ADV | _ | 19 forth | advmod |
| 19 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 17 steps | advmod |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 circle | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 circle | det |
| 22 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 steps | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 head | punct |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 head | case |
| 25 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 circle | appos |
| 26 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 27 raised | advmod |
| 27 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 head | acl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 youth | punct |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 youth | det |
| 30 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 knight | conj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 beauty | case |
| 32 | manly | manly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 beauty | amod |
| 33 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 youth | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 locks | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 locks | det |
| 36 | blond | blond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 locks | amod |
| 37 | locks | lock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 knight | conj |
| 38 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 locks | acl |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 shoulders | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 41 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 falling | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 eyes | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 eyes | det |
| 44 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 eyes | amod |
| 45 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 knight | conj |
| 46 | blazing | blaze | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 45 eyes | acl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 indignation | case |
| 48 | just | just | ADV | _ | 49 indignation | advmod |
| 49 | indignation | indignation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 blazing | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 approaches | punct |
| 51 | approaches | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 save | parataxis |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Kaiser | det |
| 53 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 approaches | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 cries | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 cries | cc |
| 56 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stand | conj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Herr | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 Herr | punct |
| 59 | Herr | Herr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 cries | obj |
| 60 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Herr | flat |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 knave | punct |
| 62 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 knave | nsubj |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 knave | cop |
| 64 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 67 knave | advmod |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 knave | det |
| 66 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 67 knave | punct |
| 67 | knave | knave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 Herr | appos |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the Kaiser's wrath | aghast property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at wrath=Location | ||||
| 2 | save | present | one noble knight and a youth of manly beauty and the blond locks and the blue eyes | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | |||||
| 3 | step | present | one noble knight and a youth of manly beauty and the blond locks and the blue eyes | the circle | forth property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from circle=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | raise | participle | head not said here | proudly property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | fall | gerund | the blond locks not said here | Kaiser's shoulders | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | ||||
| 6 | blaze | gerund | the blue eyes not said here | indignation | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in indignation=Location | ||||
| 7 | approach | present | the Kaiser | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kaiser=Theme | |||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | present | Herr | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herr=Topic | |||||
| 9 | not is a in a quote | past | head | a knave | 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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