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title: On this mountain that overlooks the Golden Plain, amid the beech and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: On this mountain that overlooks the Golden Plain, amid the beech and oak woods that clothe it, stand the ruins of a square tower built of red sandstone, broken walls, and arches of the ancient gateway, gables, and the remains of the chapel of the fortress, where the first Electors and Emperors of Ge
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 40

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On this mountain that overlooks the Golden Plain, amid the beech and oak woods that clothe it, stand the ruins of a square tower built of red sandstone, broken walls, and arches of the ancient gateway, gables, and the remains of the chapel of the fortress, where the first Electors and Emperors of Germany held their court.

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**Who acts:** that, first Electors · **What happens:** overlook, clothe, stand, build, break, hold · **To what, where:** Golden Plain, mountain, Plain, ruins, square tower, court

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, first Electors), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:10:40
# text = On this mountain that overlooks the Golden Plain, amid the beech and oak woods that clothe it, stand the ruins of a square tower built of red sandstone, broken walls, and arches of the ancient gateway, gables, and the remains of the chapel of the fortress, where the first Electors and Emperors of Germany held their court.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	overlooks	overlook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Plain	Plain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	amid	amid	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	clothe	clothe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ruins	ruin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
27	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	sandstone	sandstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	gateway	gateway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	gables	gable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	chapel	chapel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
54	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	62	advmod	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	57	amod	_	_
57	Electors	elector	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nsubj	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	Emperors	emperor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	conj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
62	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl:relcl	_	_
63	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overlook** | present | that | the Golden Plain |  | this mountain |  | the remains of the chapel of the fortress *obl*; the beech and oak woods *parataxis*; arches of the ancient gateway and gables *parataxis* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plain=Theme |
| 2 | **clothe** | present | that | Plain |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **stand** | infinitive | that *not said here* | the ruins of a square tower |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ruin=Stimulus |
| 4 | **build** | participle |  | a square tower *not said here* |  |  |  | of red sandstone and broken walls | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **hold** | past | the first Electors of Germany and Emperors | Electors's court |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme |
| 7 | **ruin** |  |  | a square tower |  |  |  |  | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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