--- title: Arno, the wildest and most powerful robber knight of the Harz, dwelt… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Arno, the wildest and most powerful robber knight of the Harz, dwelt securely enthroned in his strong Burg, the Arnstein, which lay on the Felsberg like an eagle's nest, from whose strong walls the old eagle flew daily forth for robbery and murder. Who acts: strong Burg, old eagle. 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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 (strong Burg, old eagle), 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:pg74323:13:85 # text = Arno, the wildest and most powerful robber knight of the Harz, dwelt securely enthroned in his strong Burg, the Arnstein, which lay on the Felsberg like an eagle's nest, from whose strong walls the old eagle flew daily forth for robbery and murder. 1 Arno arno NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 4 wildest wild ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 dwelt dwell AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 securely securely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 enthroned enthrone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Burg Burg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Arnstein Arnstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Felsberg Felsberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 44 daily daily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 forth forth ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enthrone** | past · passive | | the wildest powerful robber knight of the Harz | | Graf's strong Burg | | Arno *obl*; securely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | past | Graf's strong Burg | | | the Felsberg | | like a eagle's nest | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on felsberg=Location | | 3 | **fly** | past | the old eagle | | | strong walls | | for robbery and murder; forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wall=Trajectory | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/86/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)