--- title: The Kaiser returns the greeting graciously, and the monk lifts with… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The Kaiser returns the greeting graciously, and the monk lifts with great solemnity some object from the ground, again bows low before the monarch, and retires slowly to the door, seizes the hand of the astonished miner, who has gazed as in a dream at the splendour of the enchanted chamber, leads hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/) / 70 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 70 The Kaiser returns the greeting graciously, and the monk lifts with great solemnity some object from the ground, again bows low before the monarch, and retires slowly to the door, seizes the hand of the astonished miner, who has gazed as in a dream at the splendour of the enchanted chamber, leads him to the green circle, which begins at once to rise, and soon reaches the summit of the mountain. **Who acts:** Kaiser, monk, astonished miner, green circle · **What happens:** return, lift, bow, retire, seize, gaze · **To what, where:** greeting, object, ground, monarch, hand, monk 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 (Kaiser, monk, astonished miner, green circle), 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:pg74323:10:70 # text = The Kaiser returns the greeting graciously, and the monk lifts with great solemnity some object from the ground, again bows low before the monarch, and retires slowly to the door, seizes the hand of the astonished miner, who has gazed as in a dream at the splendour of the enchanted chamber, leads him to the green circle, which begins at once to rise, and soon reaches the summit of the mountain. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 solemnity solemnity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 bows bow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 retires retire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 seizes seize VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 miner miner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 67 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 66 obl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 74 advmod _ _ 74 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | present | the Kaiser | the greeting | | | | graciously *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Theme | | 2 | **lift** | present | the monk | some object | | the ground | | with great solemnity | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent object=Theme from ground=Destination | | 3 | **bow** | present | the Kaiser *not said here* | | | the monarch | again | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before monarch=Location | | 4 | **retire** | present | | | | | | to the door; slowly *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seize** | present | | the hand of the astonished miner | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 6 | **gaze** | present · perfect | the astonished miner | | | | | as a dream at the splendour of the enchanted chamber | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **lead** | present | | monk | | the green circle | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to circle=Destination | | 9 | **begin** | present | the green circle | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **rise** | to-infinitive | the green circle *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **reach** | present | the Kaiser *not said here* | the summit of the mountain | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent summit=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)