--- title: They then go in procession to the parsonage, conduct the pastor to t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: They then go in procession to the parsonage, conduct the pastor to the church, when Divine service is held; after which all return in procession to the newly-planted oak, and after all have partaken of refreshments they dance around it, and the youths shoot at the target. Who acts: youths. 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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 (youths), 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:pg74323:10:38 # text = They then go in procession to the parsonage, conduct the pastor to the church, when Divine service is held; after which all return in procession to the newly-planted oak, and after all have partaken of refreshments they dance around it, and the youths shoot at the target. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parsonage parsonage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 conduct conduct VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pastor pastor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 Divine Divine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 advmod _ _ 26 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 newly newly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 partaken partake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 refreshments refreshment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 around around ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 target target NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | youths *= youth* | | | procession | then | to the parsonage | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to parsonage=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **conduct** | infinitive | | the pastor | | the church | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pastor=Theme to church=Destination | | 3 | **hold** | present · passive | | Divine service | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **return** | present | | | | procession | | to the planted oak *result*; which *obl* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to oak=Result | | 5 | **plant** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **partake** | present · perfect · passive | | all | | | | of refreshments | tree rules | | 7 | **dance** | present | youths *= youth* | refreshments *not said here* | | oak | | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme refreshment=Destination around it=Trajectory | | 8 | **shoot** | present | the youths | | | the target | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at target=Destination | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/39/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)