--- title: Once, as he thus sat and mused in the twilight, the bats and owls ju… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Once, as he thus sat and mused in the twilight, the bats and owls just beginning their nocturnal rounds, a huge, swarthy labourer suddenly appeared before him, greeted him with a _Gott-sei-bei-uns! Who acts: Mill, bats. 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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, bats), 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:pg74323:11:20 # text = Once, as he thus sat and mused in the twilight, the bats and owls just beginning their nocturnal rounds, a huge, swarthy labourer suddenly appeared before him, greeted him with a _Gott-sei-bei-uns! 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 mused muse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 beginning begin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 nocturnal nocturnal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 rounds round NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 swarthy swarthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 labourer labourer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 28 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 37 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Gott Gott PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 sei sei NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bei bei NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 uns un NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Mill | | | | | once, thus *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **muse** | past | Mill *not said here* | | | the twilight and the bats and owls and a huge swarthy labourer | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | gerund | the bats and owls *not said here* | owls's nocturnal rounds | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Eventuality | | 4 | **appear** | past | Mill *not said here* | | | | before Mill | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 5 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | Mill *not said here* | | Mill | | | with a bei uns | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/21/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)