--- title: There the most unheard-of splendour rivets his astonished gaze; the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: There the most unheard-of splendour rivets his astonished gaze; the floors, walls, and ceilings glitter with gold, silver, and precious stones; the lofty arches are supported by columns of mountain crystal; while carbuncles illuminate the vast chambers with a soft light. 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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 (unheard splendour, ceilings, columns, carbuncles), 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:pg74323:12:31 # text = There the most unheard-of splendour rivets his astonished gaze; the floors, walls, and ceilings glitter with gold, silver, and precious stones; the lofty arches are supported by columns of mountain crystal; while carbuncles illuminate the vast chambers with a soft light. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 unheard unheard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rivets rivet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 floors floor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 ceilings ceiling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 glitter glitter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl:agent _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 carbuncles carbuncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 illuminate illuminate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rivet** | present | the unheard splendour | lover's astonished gaze | | there | | the floors and walls *obl* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaze=Patient | | 2 | **glitter** | present | ceilings | precious stones | | | | with gold and silver | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme | | 3 | **support** | present · passive | columns of mountain crystal | the lofty arches | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **illuminate** | present | carbuncles | the vast chambers | | | | with a soft light | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent chamber=Destination with light=Theme | | 5 | **gaze** | | lover | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/32/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)