--- title: He and his castle were inaccessible; frequently, when the inhabitant… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He and his castle were inaccessible; frequently, when the inhabitants of the neighbourhood had united to storm his nest, he had sent them home with bleeding heads, and each time punished them by making worse disturbance than before. Who acts: 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 (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:pg74323:13:86 # text = He and his castle were inaccessible; frequently, when the inhabitants of the neighbourhood had united to storm his nest, he had sent them home with bleeding heads, and each time punished them by making worse disturbance than before. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 inaccessible inaccessible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 united unite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 storm storm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 bleeding bleeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 39 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 disturbance disturbance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 before before ADV RB _ 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | eagle | | | | | frequently, inaccessible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **unite** | past · perfect · passive | | the inhabitants of the neighbourhood | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **storm** | to-infinitive | | eagle's nest | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect | eagle | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | with bleeding heads; home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **punish** | participle | eagle *not said here* | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | time | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **make** | gerund | eagle *not said here* | worse disturbance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset disturbance=Product | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/87/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)