--- title: The widow reproached him with his perfidy, but he replied, "The eagl… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The widow reproached him with his perfidy, but he replied, "The eagle mates but with the eagle, and though I have fled from a severe father, I am of noble blood, and have found a Braut of my own rank." Who acts: widow, Ralf, Ilse. 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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 (widow, Ralf, Ilse), 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:pg74323:12:111 # text = The widow reproached him with his perfidy, but he replied, "The eagle mates but with the eagle, and though I have fled from a severe father, I am of noble blood, and have found a Braut of my own rank." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 perfidy perfidy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 ccomp _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 severe severe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Braut Braut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reproach** | past | the widow | Ralf | | | | with Ralf's perfidy | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Ralf | | | | | the eagle mates but the eagle *ccomp* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **flee** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ilse | | | | | from a severe father | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from father=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ilse | | | | | of noble blood | tree rules | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | a Braut of my own rank | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent braut=Topic | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/111/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)