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title: The Earl Otto von Orlamünde died in 1340--several dates are given--a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The Earl Otto von Orlamünde died in 1340--several dates are given--and left a young and beautiful widow, Agnes by name, a duchess by birth, and the mother of two little children, a son of three, and a daughter of two years. Who acts: von Orlamünde. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mounta
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 91

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The Earl Otto von Orlamünde died in 1340--several dates are given--and left a young and beautiful widow, Agnes by name, a duchess by birth, and the mother of two little children, a son of three, and a daughter of two years.

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**Who acts:** von Orlamünde · **What happens:** die, give, leave · **To what, where:** mother, several dates, young widow

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (von Orlamünde), 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:pg74323:11:91
# text = The Earl Otto von Orlamünde died in 1340--several dates are given--and left a young and beautiful widow, Agnes by name, a duchess by birth, and the mother of two little children, a son of three, and a daughter of two years.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Earl	Earl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	von	von	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
5	Orlamünde	Orlamünde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1340	1340	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
21	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Agnes	Agnes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	duchess	duchess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
37	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	nummod	_	_
50	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | the von Orlamünde | the mother of two little children and a son of three and a daughter of two years |  |  |  | in 1340 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1340=Attribute |
| 2 | **give** | present · passive |  | several dates |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | past | the von Orlamünde *not said here* | a young widow |  |  |  | by name and a duchess; by birth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent widow=Theme by name=Location |

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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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