--- title: One holy day, a miner rambling to the Kyffhäuser, to rest under the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: One holy day, a miner rambling to the Kyffhäuser, to rest under the trees and indulge in devotional reflections, saw, as he reached the ruined tower, a monk with a long grey beard, who addressed him, saying, "Come! Who acts: miner, One holy day, Jena, long grey beard. 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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 (miner, One holy day, Jena, long grey beard), 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:pg74323:10:52 # text = One holy day, a miner rambling to the Kyffhäuser, to rest under the trees and indulge in devotional reflections, saw, as he reached the ruined tower, a monk with a long grey beard, who addressed him, saying, "Come! 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 miner miner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 rambling ramble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Kyffhäuser Kyffhäuser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 indulge indulge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 devotional devotional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 reflections reflection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ramble** | gerund | a miner *not said here* | | the Kyffhäuser | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to kyffhäuser=Destination | | 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | a miner *not said here* | | | the trees | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location | | 3 | **indulge** | infinitive | a miner *not said here* | | | devotional reflections | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | One holy day | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **reach** | past | Jena | the ruined tower | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | | 6 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **address** | past | a long grey beard | | Jena | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 8 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Jena *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/53/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)