Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 74
The unlucky farmer never knew how he got out of the cave; only, as he came to himself, he remembered having seen the _Gott-sei-bei-uns_[1] in the midst of a terrible confusion and fire-rain in giant form, surrounded by a thousand imps, rise out of the pit, holding in one claw the copper with the gold, in the other the tray.
Who acts: unlucky farmer, farmer, Gott · What happens: not know, get out, come, remember, have, see · To what, where: farmer, terrible confusion, midst, pit, copper, one claw · 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 (unlucky farmer, farmer, Gott), 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 | 3 farmer | det |
| 2 | unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 farmer | amod |
| 3 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 knew | advmod |
| 5 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 got | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 knew | ccomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 got | advmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 cave | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cave | det |
| 12 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 came | punct |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 came | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 came | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 came | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 came | nsubj |
| 18 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 knew | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 himself | case |
| 20 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 came | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 remembered | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 remembered | nsubj |
| 23 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 came | conj |
| 24 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 remembered | xcomp |
| 25 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 uns | amod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 uns | det |
| 27 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 uns | punct |
| 28 | Gott | Gott | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 uns | nsubj |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 Gott | punct |
| 30 | sei | sei | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Gott | appos |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 sei | punct |
| 32 | bei | bei | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 uns | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 bei | punct |
| 34 | uns | un | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 having | obj |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 remembered | punct |
| 36 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 37 1 | punct |
| 37 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 58 imps | discourse |
| 38 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 37 1 | punct |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 midst | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 midst | det |
| 41 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 imps | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 confusion | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 confusion | det |
| 44 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 confusion | amod |
| 45 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 midst | nmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 rain | cc |
| 47 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 rain | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 fire | punct |
| 49 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 confusion | conj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 form | case |
| 51 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 form | amod |
| 52 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 rain | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 surrounded | punct |
| 54 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 confusion | acl |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 thousand | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 thousand | det |
| 57 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 surrounded | obl |
| 58 | imps | imp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 remembered | parataxis |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 rise | punct |
| 60 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 imps | xcomp |
| 61 | out | out | ADP | _ | 64 pit | case |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 pit | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 pit | det |
| 64 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 rise | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 holding | punct |
| 66 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 60 rise | advcl |
| 67 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 claw | case |
| 68 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 69 claw | nummod |
| 69 | claw | claw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 holding | obl |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 copper | det |
| 71 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 holding | obj |
| 72 | with | with | ADP | _ | 74 gold | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 gold | det |
| 74 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 holding | obl |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 78 other | punct |
| 76 | in | in | ADP | _ | 78 other | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 other | det |
| 78 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 rise | obl |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 tray | det |
| 80 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 other | obj |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past | the unlucky farmer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | get out | past | farmer | of the cave; out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of cave=Source | ||||
| 3 | come | past | farmer | farmer | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | remember | past | farmer | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | have | gerund | farmer not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | see | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | un | Gott | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | surround | participle | a terrible confusion and fire rain in giant form not said here | by a thousand | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | imp | present | the midst of a terrible confusion and fire rain in giant form | 1 discourse | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | rise | infinitive | the pit | in the other the tray | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out pit=Location | ||||
| 11 | hold | gerund | the copper | one claw | with the gold | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent copper=Theme in claw=Location |
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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