--- title: Soon after, as a shepherd was feeding his sheep on a meadow near, a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after, as a shepherd was feeding his sheep on a meadow near, a blooming, quiet maiden came and gathered flowers, which she bound in a garland; approaching him, and looking kindly at him, she let a flower fall. Who acts: shepherd, blooming quiet maiden, maiden. 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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 (shepherd, blooming quiet maiden, maiden), 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:pg74323:11:4 # text = Soon after, as a shepherd was feeding his sheep on a meadow near, a blooming, quiet maiden came and gathered flowers, which she bound in a garland; approaching him, and looking kindly at him, she let a flower fall. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 near near ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 blooming bloom VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 garland garland NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past · progressive | a shepherd | | shepherd's sheep | a meadow | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Recipient | | 2 | **bloom** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | a blooming quiet maiden | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **gather** | past | a blooming quiet maiden *not said here* | flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 5 | **bind** | past | maiden | flowers | | | | in a garland | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Destination in garland=Theme | | 6 | **approach** | gerund | a blooming quiet maiden *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **look** | gerund | a blooming quiet maiden *not said here* | | | | | at shepherd; kindly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 8 | **let** | past | maiden | a flower fall | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/5/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)