--- title: According to one legend, the Wild Huntsman met Christ at a river whe… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: According to one legend, the Wild Huntsman met Christ at a river where He sought to quench His thirst, and would not permit Him to drink; he also drove Him from a cattle trough, and when the Saviour found water in a horse's foot-print, and would drink there, he drove Him away. 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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 (Wild Huntsman, Huntsman, Saviour, horse), 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:pg74323:13:42 # text = According to one legend, the Wild Huntsman met Christ at a river where He sought to quench His thirst, and would not permit Him to drink; he also drove Him from a cattle trough, and when the Saviour found water in a horse's foot-print, and would drink there, he drove Him away. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 8 flat _ _ 8 Huntsman Huntsman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 quench quench VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 cattle cattle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 trough trough NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Saviour saviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 56 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 60 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **meet** | past | the Wild Huntsman | Christ | | a river | | accord one legend | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christ=Co-Agent | | 3 | **seek** | past | Huntsman | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **quench** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Huntsman *not said here* | Huntsman's thirst | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thirst=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **permit** | would | Huntsman *not said here* | Huntsman | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Huntsman *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drive** | past | Huntsman | Christ | | a cattle trough | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from trough=Trajectory | | 8 | **find** | past | the Saviour | water | | a horse's foot print | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 9 | **drink** | would | the Saviour *not said here* | | | there | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **drive away** | past | Huntsman | Saviour | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **thirst** | | Huntsman | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **print** | | a horse | | | | | | nom print «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/43/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)