--- title: The monk leads him to a green spot surrounded with walls, forms with… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The monk leads him to a green spot surrounded with walls, forms with the staff which he carries a circle around him and his companion, takes from his pocket a gold-coloured velvet book, and begins to murmur and read, no word of which the miner understands. Who acts: monk, staff, miner. 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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 (monk, staff, miner), 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:pg74323:10:56 # text = The monk leads him to a green spot surrounded with walls, forms with the staff which he carries a circle around him and his companion, takes from his pocket a gold-coloured velvet book, and begins to murmur and read, no word of which the miner understands. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 around around ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 33 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 murmur murmur VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 miner miner NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | the monk | cave | | a green spot and forms with the staff | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to spot=Destination | | 2 | **surround** | participle | | a green spot and forms with the staff *not said here* | | | | with walls | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wall=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | present | the staff | a circle | | | | around cave | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Theme | | 4 | **take** | present | the monk *not said here* | | | cave's pocket a coloured velvet book | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **begin** | present | | | | | | no word *conj* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **murmur** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **read** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **understand** | present | the miner | | | | | of no word | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of which=Stimulus | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/57/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)