Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 95
Below Schloss Falkenstein, in the valley where the gentle Selke winds through her flower-strewn paths, the shepherd of the Graf von Falkenstein grazed his sheep on the dew-gathering meadows.
Who acts: gentle Selke, shepherd · What happens: wind, graze · To what, where: strewn paths, sheep, Schloss
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 (gentle Selke, shepherd), 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 | Below | below | ADP | _ | 2 Schloss | case |
| 2 | Schloss | Schloss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 grazed | obl |
| 3 | Falkenstein | Falkenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Schloss | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 valley | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 valley | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 valley | det |
| 7 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Schloss | appos |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 winds | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Selke | det |
| 10 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Selke | amod |
| 11 | Selke | Selke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 winds | nsubj |
| 12 | winds | wind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 valley | acl:relcl |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 18 paths | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 paths | nmod:poss |
| 15 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 strewn | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 flower | punct |
| 17 | strewn | strewn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 paths | amod |
| 18 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 winds | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 shepherd | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 shepherd | det |
| 21 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 grazed | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Falkenstein | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Falkenstein | det |
| 24 | Graf | Graf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Falkenstein | compound |
| 25 | von | von | PROPN | _ | 26 Falkenstein | compound |
| 26 | Falkenstein | Falkenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 shepherd | nmod |
| 27 | grazed | graze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 sheep | nmod:poss |
| 29 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 grazed | obj |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 meadows | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 meadows | det |
| 32 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gathering | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 dew | punct |
| 34 | gathering | gathering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 meadows | compound |
| 35 | meadows | meadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 grazed | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 grazed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wind | present | the gentle Selke | Selke's strewn paths | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through path=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | graze | past | the shepherd of the Graf von Falkenstein | shepherd's sheep | Schloss | on the gathering meadows | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sheep=Experiencer on meadow=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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