--- title: Often he kidnapped maidens, and it was not at all unwelcome to him,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Often he kidnapped maidens, and it was not at all unwelcome to him, as one day, while he lay in vain in wait for booty, a troop of young girls showed itself near the wood where he lay hidden. Who acts: Arno, maiden, troop. 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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 (Arno, maiden, troop), 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:pg74323:13:88 # text = Often he kidnapped maidens, and it was not at all unwelcome to him, as one day, while he lay in vain in wait for booty, a troop of young girls showed itself near the wood where he lay hidden. 1 Often often ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kidnapped kidnap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 unwelcome unwelcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 booty booty NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 36 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 near near ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kidnap** | past | Arno | maidens | | | day | often *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | maiden | | Arno | all unwelcome | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | past | Arno | | | vain | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in vain=Location | | 4 | **show** | past | a troop of young girls | troop | | | | near the wood; in wait for booty | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent itself=Patient in wait=Topic | | 5 | **lie** | past | Arno | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hide** | participle | Arno *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/89/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)