--- title: But when Princess Huldigunde determined to get rid of a certain ador… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But when Princess Huldigunde determined to get rid of a certain adorer, she grew so engaging that he became perfectly enchanted, and as he sat beside her, intoxicated with joy, she seized either a pomegranate, or an egg near her, and handed it to him, saying softly, "Keep that as a souvenir." 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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, trick), 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:pg74323:13:54 # text = But when Princess Huldigunde determined to get rid of a certain adorer, she grew so engaging that he became perfectly enchanted, and as he sat beside her, intoxicated with joy, she seized either a pomegranate, or an egg near her, and handed it to him, saying softly, "Keep that as a souvenir." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Huldigunde Huldigunde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 adorer adorer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 engaging engage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 28 beside beside ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 31 intoxicated intoxicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 either either CCONJ CC _ 39 cc:preconj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pomegranate pomegranate NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 44 near near ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 54 softly softly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 obj _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 souvenir souvenir NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **grow** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **engage** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **become** | past | trick | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **enchant** | participle | trick *not said here* | | | | | perfectly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **sit** | past | trick | | | | | beside Princess | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | | 8 | **intoxicate** | participle | Princess *not said here* | | | | | with joy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **seize** | past | Princess | a pomegranate | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme | | 10 | **hand** | past | Princess *not said here* | pomegranate | trick | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | that | | | | as a souvenir | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/55/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)