--- title: But before they had reached that witch-haunted mountain, and just wh… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But before they had reached that witch-haunted mountain, and just when standing on the rocky wall connecting the Ilsenstein with the Westerberg, the rock on which they stood was rent asunder in order to separate the lovers, whereupon they both leaped together into the floods. 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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 (legends, connecting), 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:pg74323:12:27 # text = But before they had reached that witch-haunted mountain, and just when standing on the rocky wall connecting the Ilsenstein with the Westerberg, the rock on which they stood was rent asunder in order to separate the lovers, whereupon they both leaped together into the floods. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 connecting connect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 csubj:pass _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Ilsenstein Ilsenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Westerberg Westerberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 35 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 both both ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 together together ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 floods flood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | legends *= legend* | that haunted mountain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme | | 2 | **haunt** | participle | | | | | | witch *compound* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | legends *= legend* *not said here* | | | the rocky wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | | 4 | **connect** | gerund | | the Ilsenstein | | | | with the Westerberg | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ilsenstein=Patient with westerberg=Co-Patient | | 5 | **stand** | past | legends *= legend* | | | the rock | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 6 | **rend** | past · passive | connecting | asunder | | order | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: asunder=Patient | | 7 | **separate** | to-infinitive | connecting *not said here* | the lovers | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=Patient | | 8 | **leap** | past | legends *= legend* | | | the floods | | both, together, whereupon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into flood=Destination | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/28/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)