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title: Then the Earl hurried alone to the cave; he did not know that the fl… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the Earl hurried alone to the cave; he did not know that the flower which Tidian wore in his hat caused the cave to remain open. Who acts: Earl, Tidian, flower, cave. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 9, with its dependency tree a
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 9

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Then the Earl hurried alone to the cave; he did not know that the flower which Tidian wore in his hat caused the cave to remain open.

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**Who acts:** Earl, Tidian, flower, cave · **What happens:** hurry, not know, wear, cause, remain · **To what, where:** cave, hat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Earl, Tidian, flower, cave), 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:pg74323:10:9
# text = Then the Earl hurried alone to the cave; he did not know that the flower which Tidian wore in his hat caused the cave to remain open.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Earl	Earl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	Tidian	Tidian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
28	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | past | the Earl |  |  | the cave | then | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cave=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Tidian |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **wear** | past | the flower |  |  | Tidian's hat |  | Tidian *nsubj* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cause** | past | the flower | the cave |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the cave *not said here* |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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