--- title: The coalers clung to the rocky walls, but Princess Ilse looked calml… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The coalers clung to the rocky walls, but Princess Ilse looked calmly on the wild scene, saw the rocks rent on which her father's castle stood, and it, her lover, father, and servants all swept away; and as she too was about to perish, a tall manly form, with majestic head and black locks--probably --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/118/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/) / 118 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 118 The coalers clung to the rocky walls, but Princess Ilse looked calmly on the wild scene, saw the rocks rent on which her father's castle stood, and it, her lover, father, and servants all swept away; and as she too was about to perish, a tall manly form, with majestic head and black locks--probably the Fairy King--seized her in his strong arms, wrapped her in a white mantle, and vanished. **Who acts:** coalers, Princess, rocks, castle, servants · **What happens:** cling, look, see, rent, stand, lover · **To what, where:** Princess, strong arms, white mantle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (coalers, Princess, rocks, castle), 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:pg74323:12:119 # text = The coalers clung to the rocky walls, but Princess Ilse looked calmly on the wild scene, saw the rocks rent on which her father's castle stood, and it, her lover, father, and servants all swept away; and as she too was about to perish, a tall manly form, with majestic head and black locks--probably the Fairy King--seized her in his strong arms, wrapped her in a white mantle, and vanished. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coalers coaler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 clung cling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 rent rent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 too too ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 manly manly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 majestic majestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 probably probably ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 70 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 72 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 75 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ _ 79 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 obj _ _ 80 in in ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 86 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cling** | past | the coalers | | | | | to the rocky walls | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wall=Co-Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | Princess | | | | | on the wild scene; calmly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on scene=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the coalers *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **rent** | present | the rocks | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | past | rock's father's castle | | | | | which *obl* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 6 | **lover** | | castle | | | | | rock *nmod:poss*; father *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **sweep away** | past | servants | | | | | all, away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | a tall manly form *obl*; about *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **perish** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **seize** | past | | Princess | | king's strong arms | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 11 | **wrap** | past | | Princess | | a white mantle | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in mantle=Destination | | 12 | **vanish** | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/119/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)