--- title: At last one day, as the father gazes from the battlements of the cas… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At last one day, as the father gazes from the battlements of the castle, he sees people approaching bearing the Maien,[2] hears their shouts of joy, and in their midst beholds his lost Rosamund, decked as Queen of the May! Who acts: Ritter, people. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ritter, people), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:10:31 # text = At last one day, as the father gazes from the battlements of the castle, he sees people approaching bearing the Maien,[2] hears their shouts of joy, and in their midst beholds his lost Rosamund, decked as Queen of the May! 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 gazes gaze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 battlements battlement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 20 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 21 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Maien Maien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ _ 28 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 38 beholds behold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 Rosamund Rosamund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | present | | | | | day | as the father; from the battlements of the castle | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from battlement=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | Ritter | people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **approach** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | gerund | people *not said here* | the Maien | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maien=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | present | Ritter *not said here* | | | | | 2 *discourse* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | | | | | of joy; people *nmod:poss* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **behold** | present | | Ritter's lost Rosamund | | people's midst | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rosamund=Stimulus | | 8 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **deck** | participle | | | | | | as Queen of the May | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/32/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)