--- title: I came here to the Harz mountains, hoping to find favour with the no… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: I came here to the Harz mountains, hoping to find favour with the noble Ilse after my heroic deed in freeing my country from a tyrant; but the Princess called my act murder, and I have been a sighing fir tree ever since." Who acts: I, heroic deed, Princess, my. 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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 (I, heroic deed, Princess, my), 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:pg74323:12:51 # text = I came here to the Harz mountains, hoping to find favour with the noble Ilse after my heroic deed in freeing my country from a tyrant; but the Princess called my act murder, and I have been a sighing fir tree ever since." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 noble Noble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 freeing free VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tyrant tyrant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 32 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 43 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 45 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 46 since since ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | I | | | the Harz mountains; here | | the Princess *parataxis* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hope** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | favour | | | after my heroic deed | with the noble | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 4 | **free** | gerund | my heroic deed *not said here* | my country | | a tyrant | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer country=Source | | 5 | **call** | participle | the Princess *not said here* | my act murder | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent murder=Recipient | | 6 | **sigh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present · perfect | I | a sighing fir tree | | | ever | since *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **murder** | | my | | | | | | nom murder «act 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/51/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)