--- title: It was then, and is still in some Harz villages, the custom on the w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: It was then, and is still in some Harz villages, the custom on the wedding-day of a youthful pair to lead the bride out upon a mountain or a meadow, where her friends seek to take from her the bridal wreath. Who acts: troop, friends. 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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 (troop, friends), 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:pg74323:13:89 # text = It was then, and is still in some Harz villages, the custom on the wedding-day of a youthful pair to lead the bride out upon a mountain or a meadow, where her friends seek to take from her the bridal wreath. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 10 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | troop | | | | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | some Harz villages | still | the custom on the wedding day of a youthful pair *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **lead out** | to-infinitive | | the bride | | a mountain or a meadow | | out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bride=Theme upon mountain=Destination | | 4 | **seek** | present | bride's friends | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | bride's friends *not said here* | the bridal wreath | | | | from bride | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent wreath=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/90/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)