--- title: During the absence of the Prince and Princess Ilse on a journey, a s… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: During the absence of the Prince and Princess Ilse on a journey, a stranger, handsome and gay, without money, sack, or scrip, but rich in self-confidence and flattering words, sought hospitality of the widow and her daughter, and was warmly received and entertained. 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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: 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:pg74323:12:106 # text = During the absence of the Prince and Princess Ilse on a journey, a stranger, handsome and gay, without money, sack, or scrip, but rich in self-confidence and flattering words, sought hospitality of the widow and her daughter, and was warmly received and entertained. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 without without ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 scrip scrip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 flattering flatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 39 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 hospitality hospitality NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 50 warmly warmly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 parataxis _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 entertained entertained ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flatter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **seek** | past | | hospitality of the widow and Princess's daughter | | | during the absence of the Prince and Princess on a journey and a stranger | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hospitality=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | past · passive | | | | | | warmly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **absent** | | | the Prince and Princess | | a journey and a stranger | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient on=place | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/106/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)