Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 66
Encouraged, he walked into the cave, his eye always fixed on the dog, till at last he reached the copper; the dog did not move; he plunged both hands into the gold coins, filled his pockets, and with two leaps reached his horse, where he sank down overcome with terror and joy.
Who acts: farmer, dog · What happens: encourage, walk, fix, reach, not move, plunge · To what, where: cave, eye, copper, last, hands, gold coins
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, dog), 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 | Encouraged | encourage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 walked | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Encouraged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 cave | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cave | det |
| 7 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fixed | punct |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eye | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 fixed | advmod |
| 12 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 walked | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 dog | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dog | det |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixed | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 reached | punct |
| 17 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 21 reached | mark |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 last | case |
| 19 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 reached | obl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 reached | nsubj |
| 21 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 fixed | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 copper | det |
| 23 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 reached | obj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 move | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 dog | det |
| 26 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 move | nsubj |
| 27 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 move | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 move | advmod |
| 29 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 walked | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 plunged | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 plunged | nsubj |
| 32 | plunged | plunge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 walked | conj |
| 33 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 hands | det |
| 34 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 plunged | obj |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 38 coins | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 coins | det |
| 37 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 coins | compound |
| 38 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 plunged | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 filled | punct |
| 40 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 plunged | conj |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 pockets | nmod:poss |
| 42 | pockets | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 filled | obj | |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 reached | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 reached | cc |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 leaps | case |
| 46 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 leaps | nummod |
| 47 | leaps | leap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 reached | obl |
| 48 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 plunged | conj |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 horse | nmod:poss |
| 50 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 reached | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 sank | punct |
| 52 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 54 sank | advmod |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 sank | nsubj |
| 54 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 reached | advcl |
| 55 | down | down | ADP | _ | 54 sank | compound:prt |
| 56 | overcome | overcome | ADV | _ | 54 sank | advmod |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 terror | case |
| 58 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 sank | obl |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 joy | cc |
| 60 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 terror | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 walked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | encourage | participle | farmer not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | walk | past | farmer | into the cave result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into cave=Result | ||||
| 3 | fix | participle · passive | farmer's eye | on the dog; always property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | reach | past | farmer | the copper | last | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent copper=Theme at last=Asset | |||
| 5 | not move | past · do-support | the dog | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | plunge | past | farmer | both hands | the gold coins | tree rules | |||
| 7 | fill | past | farmer not said here | farmer's pockets | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient | ||||
| 8 | reach | past | farmer not said here | farmer's horse | with two leaps | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | |||
| 9 | sink down | past | farmer | with terror and joy; overcome property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with terror=Instrument |
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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