Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 93
The Kaiser sets spurs to his steed and rides to the Schloss, the attendants bring the unhappy knight to the dungeon, Reinhilde faints and sinks from her steed in the grass, and soon no sound is heard save the sighing in the firs.
Who acts: Kaiser, attendants, Reinhilde · What happens: set, ride, bring, faint, sink, hear · To what, where: spurs, Schloss, unhappy knight, dungeon, steed, sound
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 (Kaiser, attendants, Reinhilde), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Kaiser | det |
| 2 | Kaiser | Kaiser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sets | nsubj |
| 3 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | spurs | spur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sets | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 steed | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 steed | nmod:poss |
| 7 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sets | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 rides | cc |
| 9 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sets | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Schloss | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Schloss | det |
| 12 | Schloss | schloss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rides | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bring | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 attendants | det |
| 15 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 bring | nsubj |
| 16 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sets | parataxis |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 knight | det |
| 18 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 knight | amod |
| 19 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bring | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 dungeon | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 dungeon | det |
| 22 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bring | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 faints | punct |
| 24 | Reinhilde | Reinhilde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 faints | nsubj |
| 25 | faints | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 bring | conj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sinks | cc |
| 27 | sinks | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 faints | conj |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 steed | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 steed | nmod:poss |
| 30 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sinks | obl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 grass | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 grass | det |
| 33 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sinks | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 heard | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 heard | cc |
| 36 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 heard | advmod |
| 37 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 38 sound | det |
| 38 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 heard | aux:pass |
| 40 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 faints | conj |
| 41 | save | save | ADP | _ | 43 sighing | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sighing | det |
| 43 | sighing | sighing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 heard | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 firs | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 firs | det |
| 46 | firs | fir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 heard | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sets | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | the Kaiser | spurs | to Kaiser's steed | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient spur=Result | |||
| 2 | ride | present | the Kaiser not said here | the Schloss | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to schloss=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | bring | present | the attendants | the unhappy knight | the dungeon | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knight=Theme to dungeon=Destination | |||
| 4 | faint | present | Reinhilde | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | sink | present | Reinhilde not said here | Reinhilde's steed | in the grass | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 6 | hear | present · passive | no sound | the firs | save the sighing; soon property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
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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