--- title: Often the miller had sat on the summit of the mountain, and thought… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Often the miller had sat on the summit of the mountain, and thought how nice it would be if the mill only stood there in the free, full breeze, with a strong tower, built from the materials that lay scattered around in superfluous abundance. Who acts: mill, miller, materials. 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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 (mill, miller, materials), 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:pg74323:11:19 # text = Often the miller had sat on the summit of the mountain, and thought how nice it would be if the mill only stood there in the free, full breeze, with a strong tower, built from the materials that lay scattered around in superfluous abundance. 1 Often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mill mill NOUN NN _ 24 nsubj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 around around ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 superfluous superfluous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · perfect · passive | | the miller | | the summit of the mountain | | often *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on summit=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | nice *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the mill | | | the free full breeze; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in breeze=Location | | 4 | **is** | would | miller | | | | | with a strong tower | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | participle | | a strong tower *not said here* | | the materials | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from material=Material | | 6 | **lay** | present | the materials | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **scatter around** | participle | the materials *not said here* | | | superfluous abundance | | around *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in abundance=Destination | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/20/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)