--- title: Whoever is so happy as to meet her at the right moment, she calls wi… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Whoever is so happy as to meet her at the right moment, she calls with friendly voice, takes him by the hand and leads him before the Ilsenstein, which at her command opens, when she conducts him to her palace in the heart of the mighty rock. Who acts: Whoever, 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 (Whoever, 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:pg74323:12:30 # text = Whoever is so happy as to meet her at the right moment, she calls with friendly voice, takes him by the hand and leads him before the Ilsenstein, which at her command opens, when she conducts him to her palace in the heart of the mighty rock. 1 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Ilsenstein Ilsenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 conducts conduct VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Whoever | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Whoever *not said here* | Ilse | | | moment | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 3 | **call** | present | Ilse | | | | | with friendly voice | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | present | Ilse *not said here* | | lover | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 5 | **lead** | present | Ilse *not said here* | lover | | | before the Ilsenstein | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before ilsenstein=Destination | | 6 | **open** | present | | the Ilsenstein | | Ilse's command | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent which=Theme at command=Location | | 7 | **conduct** | present | Ilse | lover | | Ilse's palace in the heart of the mighty rock | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | | 8 | **command** | | Ilse | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/31/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)