Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 71
At the second handful the dog rose and ground his teeth in rage; but Jacob had lost all fear, and cried, "Growl away; but one must have all good things three times, and I shall take another handful."
Who acts: dog, Jacob, one · What happens: rise, lose, cry, growl away, have, take · To what, where: second handful, fear, good things, handful · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (dog, Jacob, one), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 handful | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 handful | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 handful | amod |
| 4 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rose | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rose | nsubj |
| 7 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 teeth | cc |
| 9 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 teeth | compound |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 11 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rose | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 rage | case |
| 13 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rose | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 lost | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 lost | cc |
| 16 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 lost | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 lost | aux |
| 18 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 rose | conj |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 fear | det |
| 20 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lost | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 cried | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 cried | cc |
| 23 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rose | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Growl | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Growl | punct |
| 26 | Growl | growl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 cried | conj |
| 27 | away | away | ADV | _ | 26 Growl | advmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 have | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 have | cc |
| 30 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 have | nsubj |
| 31 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 have | aux |
| 32 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 rose | conj |
| 33 | all | all | ADV | _ | 35 things | advmod |
| 34 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 things | amod |
| 35 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 have | obj |
| 36 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 times | nummod |
| 37 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 things | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 take | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 take | cc |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 take | nsubj |
| 41 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 take | aux |
| 42 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 rose | parataxis |
| 43 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 handful | det |
| 44 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 take | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 42 take | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the dog | the second handful | in rage; Patience's ground teeth conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lose | past · perfect | Jacob | all fear | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | past | the dog not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | growl away in a quote | infinitive | the dog not said here | away property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | must | one | good things three times | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | ||||
| 6 | take in a quote | shall | the dog = dog | another handful | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme |
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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