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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 54

He gained confidence as he looked around him to mark the place, resolving the next day to bring his wife and children to see it, and convince them that all the tales about the terrors of the Gegensteine were untrue.

Who acts: farmer, tales · What happens: gain, look, mark, resolve, bring, see · To what, where: confidence, place, wife

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (farmer, tales), 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

nsubjobjmarknsubjadvclcaseoblmarkadvcldetobjpunctadvcldetamodobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjccconjmarkadvclobjpunctccparataxisobjmarkdet:predetdetnsubjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodcopadvclpunctrootHePRONgainedVERBconfidenceNOUNasSCONJhePRONlookedVERBaroundADPhimPRONtoPARTmarkVERBtheDETplaceNOUN,PUNCTresolvingVERBtheDETnextADJdayNOUNtoPARTbringVERBhisPRONwifeNOUNandCCONJchildrenNOUNtoPARTseeVERBitPRON,PUNCTandCCONJconvinceVERBthemPRONthatSCONJallDETtheDETtalesNOUNaboutADPtheDETterrorsNOUNofADPtheDETGegensteinePROPNwereAUXuntrueADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 gainednsubj
2gainedgainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3confidenceconfidenceNOUNNumber=Sing2 gainedobj
4asasSCONJ_6 lookedmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 lookednsubj
6lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 gainedadvcl
7aroundaroundADP_8 himcase
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 lookedobl
9totoPART_10 markmark
10markmarkVERBVerbForm=Inf6 lookedadvcl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 placedet
12placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing10 markobj
13,,PUNCT_14 resolvingpunct
14resolvingresolveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 lookedadvcl
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 daydet
16nextnextADJDegree=Pos17 dayamod
17daydayNOUNNumber=Sing14 resolvingobj
18totoPART_19 bringmark
19bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf14 resolvingadvcl
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 wifenmod:poss
21wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing19 bringobj
22andandCCONJ_23 childrencc
23childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur21 wifeconj
24totoPART_25 seemark
25seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf19 bringadvcl
26ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 seeobj
27,,PUNCT_29 convincepunct
28andandCCONJ_29 convincecc
29convinceconvinceVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 gainedparataxis
30themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 convinceobj
31thatthatSCONJ_42 untruemark
32allallDETPronType=Tot34 talesdet:predet
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 talesdet
34talestaleNOUNNumber=Plur42 untruensubj
35aboutaboutADP_37 terrorscase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 terrorsdet
37terrorsterrorNOUNNumber=Plur34 talesnmod
38ofofADP_40 Gegensteinecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Gegensteinedet
40GegensteineGegensteinePROPNNumber=Sing37 terrorsnmod
41werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 untruecop
42untrueuntrueADJDegree=Pos29 convinceadvcl
43..PUNCT_2 gainedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gainpastfarmerconfidencevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme
2lookpastfarmeraround notionvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around he=Theme
3markto-infinitivefarmer not said herethe placevn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Destination
4resolvegerundfarmer not said heredaytree rules
5bringto-infinitivefarmer not said herefarmer's wife and childrenvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination
6seeto-infinitivefarmer not said hereplacevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7convinceinfinitivewifevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
8ispastall tales about the terrors of the Gegensteineuntrue propertytree 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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