--- title: Dancing and singing they follow the fleeing bride, who strives to ke… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Dancing and singing they follow the fleeing bride, who strives to keep her treasure as long as possible, hides behind hedges and underbrush, till at last they rob her of her wreath and carry it in triumph to the bridegroom. Who acts: friends, fleeing bride, bride. 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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 (friends, fleeing bride, bride), 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:pg74323:13:90 # text = Dancing and singing they follow the fleeing bride, who strives to keep her treasure as long as possible, hides behind hedges and underbrush, till at last they rob her of her wreath and carry it in triumph to the bridegroom. 1 Dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 fleeing flee VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 strives strive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 behind behind ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 hedges hedge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 underbrush underbrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 rob rob VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | gerund | friends *= friend* *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | friends *= friend* *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | present | friends *= friend* | the fleeing bride | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme | | 4 | **flee** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **strive** | present | the fleeing bride | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the fleeing bride *not said here* | bride's treasure | | | | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 7 | **hide** | present | the fleeing bride *not said here* | | | hedges and underbrush | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind hedge=Location | | 8 | **rob** | present | friends *= friend* | bride | | last | | of bride's wreath | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme of wreath=Source | | 9 | **carry** | infinitive | friends *= friend* *not said here* | wreath | the bridegroom | triumph | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bridegroom=Destination | | 10 | **treasure** | | bride | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/91/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)