--- title: A pearl plate was handed us, and Princess Ilse herself poured the cr… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: A pearl plate was handed us, and Princess Ilse herself poured the crimson wine into gilded crystal goblets bearing her monogram in diamonds and sapphires, touched her glass to mine, and saying, "I drink to thy happiness," she pressed her own glass to my lips, when lo! 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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 (Princess, gilded crystal goblets, I), 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:pg74323:12:98 # text = A pearl plate was handed us, and Princess Ilse herself poured the crimson wine into gilded crystal goblets bearing her monogram in diamonds and sapphires, touched her glass to mine, and saying, "I drink to thy happiness," she pressed her own glass to my lips, when lo! 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 Ilse Ilse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 nmod _ _ 12 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 crimson crimson NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 18 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 20 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 monogram monogram NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sapphires sapphire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 55 lo lo INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | past · passive | | a pearl plate | us | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pour** | past | Princess Princess | the crimson wine | | gilded crystal goblets | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent wine=Theme into goblet=Destination | | 3 | **gild** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bear** | gerund | gilded crystal goblets *not said here* | Princess's monogram | | diamonds and sapphires | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monogram=Patient | | 5 | **touch** | past | Princess Princess *not said here* | Princess's glass | mine | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme glass=Co-Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | to thy happiness | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **press** | past | Princess | Princess's own glass | | | | to my lips | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/98/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/12/)