--- title: This lordly cliff and the Westerberg were once connected, it is said… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: This lordly cliff and the Westerberg were once connected, it is said, by a granite wall, which was rent asunder by flood and storm from the Brocken; and according to one legend, Princess Ilse issues from the rock at dawn, when the weather is mild, robed in white satin, her long golden hair floating --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/29/) [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/) / 29 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 29 This lordly cliff and the Westerberg were once connected, it is said, by a granite wall, which was rent asunder by flood and storm from the Brocken; and according to one legend, Princess Ilse issues from the rock at dawn, when the weather is mild, robed in white satin, her long golden hair floating around her like a veil, a diadem of mountain crystal adorning her regal brow, lays aside her costly array, bathes in the crystal stream, and combs her golden hair. **Who acts:** granite wall, flood, weather, long golden hair, mountain crystal · **What happens:** connect, say, rend, accord, be, robe · **To what, where:** lordly cliff, Westerberg, granite wall, regal brow, golden hair · **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 (granite wall, flood, weather, long golden hair), 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:pg74323:12:29 # text = This lordly cliff and the Westerberg were once connected, it is said, by a granite wall, which was rent asunder by flood and storm from the Brocken; and according to one legend, Princess Ilse issues from the rock at dawn, when the weather is mild, robed in white satin, her long golden hair floating around her like a veil, a diadem of mountain crystal adorning her regal brow, lays aside her costly array, bathes in the crystal stream, and combs her golden hair. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 lordly lordly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Westerberg Westerberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 9 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Brocken Brocken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 79 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 33 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 case _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 issues issue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 59 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 60 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ _ 62 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 acl _ _ 63 around around ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 65 like like ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 diadem diadem NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 74 adorning adorn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 73 acl _ _ 75 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 76 regal regal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 79 lays lay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 80 aside aside ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 81 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 82 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 85 bathes bathe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 conj _ _ 86 in in ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 88 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 89 amod _ _ 89 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 92 combs comb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 conj _ _ 93 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 95 nmod:poss _ _ 94 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 95 amod _ _ 95 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 96 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **connect** | past · passive | | this lordly cliff and the Westerberg | | | | once *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | a granite wall | Westerberg | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 3 | **rend** | past · passive | flood and storm from the Brocken | a granite wall | | | | asunder *obj* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Patient asunder=Result | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | the weather | | | | | mild *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **robe** | participle | the weather *not said here* | | | | | in white satin | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in satin=Theme | | 7 | **float** | gerund | Ilse's long golden hair *not said here* | | | | | around Ilse; like a veil | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around she=Trajectory | | 8 | **adorn** | gerund | mountain crystal *not said here* | Ilse's regal brow | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brow=Destination | | 9 | **lay** | present | | | | | | accord one legend and Ilse issues from the rock at dawn; aside Ilse's costly array and bathes in the crystal stream | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **comb** | present | | Ilse's golden hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/30/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)