Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 88
He conducted her through long dark subterranean passages to her fairy Majesty; and, after the birth of a son, the Queen presented her with three golden balls and three crystal goblets, with the warning to preserve them well, for the fate of the Asseburgs was closely connected with them.
Who acts: Berggeist, Queen · What happens: conduct, present, preserve, connect, fate · To what, where: Falkenstein, long dark subterranean passages, Goblets, fate, Asseburgs
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 (Berggeist, Queen), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 conducted | nsubj |
| 2 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 conducted | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 passages | case |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 passages | amod |
| 6 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 passages | amod |
| 7 | subterranean | subterranean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passages | compound |
| 8 | passages | passage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 conducted | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Majesty | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 11 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Majesty | amod |
| 12 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passages | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 presented | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 presented | cc |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 and | punct |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 birth | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 birth | det |
| 18 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 presented | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 son | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 son | det |
| 21 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 birth | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 birth | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Queen | det |
| 24 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 presented | nsubj |
| 25 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 conducted | conj |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 presented | obj |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 balls | case |
| 28 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 balls | nummod |
| 29 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 balls | amod |
| 30 | balls | ball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 presented | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 goblets | cc |
| 32 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 goblets | nummod |
| 33 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 goblets | amod |
| 34 | goblets | goblet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 balls | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 warning | punct |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 warning | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 warning | det |
| 38 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 presented | obl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 preserve | mark |
| 40 | preserve | preserve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 warning | acl |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 preserve | obj |
| 42 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 preserve | advmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 fate | punct |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 fate | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 fate | det |
| 46 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Asseburgs | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Asseburgs | det |
| 49 | Asseburgs | Asseburg | PROPN | Number=Plur | 46 fate | nmod |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 connected | aux:pass |
| 51 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 52 connected | advmod |
| 52 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 presented | parataxis |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 them | case |
| 54 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 connected | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 conducted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct | past | Berggeist | Falkenstein | long dark subterranean passages to Falkenstein's fairy Majesty | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme through passage=Destination | |||
| 2 | present | past | the Queen | Falkenstein | after the birth of a son | with three golden balls and three crystal goblets; with the warning | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with ball=Theme | ||
| 3 | preserve | to-infinitive | the Queen not said here | Goblets = goblet | well property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | connect | past · passive | the fate of the Asseburgs | with Goblets = goblet; closely property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with they=Co-Patient | ||||
| 5 | fate | the Asseburgs | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
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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