--- title: Just at the time when he first saw Huldigunde, it was time to smell… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Just at the time when he first saw Huldigunde, it was time to smell the apple; he smelt, and it occurred to him that if he would win the game through give and take, he must neither give himself nor take anything from her. Who acts: prince, idea. 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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 (prince, idea), 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:pg74323:13:60 # text = Just at the time when he first saw Huldigunde, it was time to smell the apple; he smelt, and it occurred to him that if he would win the game through give and take, he must neither give himself nor take anything from her. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 Huldigunde Huldigunde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 smell smell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 smelt smelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 through through ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 neither neither ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 iobj _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 46 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | prince | Huldigunde | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huldigunde=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | idea | time | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smell** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | the apple | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Stimulus | | 4 | **smelt** | past | prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **occur** | past | idea | | prince | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | prince | the game | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | | 7 | **give** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | through *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **give** | must | prince | | prince | | time | neither *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 10 | **take** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | anything | | | | from Huldigunde | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/61/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)