--- title: Deepest despair seized Ralf's spirit; he knew now what he had done,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Deepest despair seized Ralf's spirit; he knew now what he had done, and what had become of Ilse through her betrayed secret, a clear pure stream doomed for ever to ripple and murmur through the mountains. Who acts: Deepest despair, despair. 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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 (Deepest despair, despair), 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:pg74323:12:23 # text = Deepest despair seized Ralf's spirit; he knew now what he had done, and what had become of Ilse through her betrayed secret, a clear pure stream doomed for ever to ripple and murmur through the mountains. 1 Deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Ralf Ralf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 betrayed betray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 ripple ripple VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 murmur murmur VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | Deepest despair | Ralf's spirit | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | despair | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | despair | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | Ilse's betrayed secret a clear pure stream | | of Ilse; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **betray** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **doom** | participle | | a clear pure stream *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ripple** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **murmur** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | | the mountains | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mountain=Location | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/24/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)