--- title: He stood astonished, and gazed at the wonderful light, observed the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He stood astonished, and gazed at the wonderful light, observed the direction whence it came, and perceived it came from the little room in which he had laid the pebble on the window bench. Who acts: Ei, direction. 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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 (Ei, direction), 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:pg74323:14:82 # text = He stood astonished, and gazed at the wonderful light, observed the direction whence it came, and perceived it came from the little room in which he had laid the pebble on the window bench. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Ei | | | | | astonished *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gaze** | past | | | | | | at the wonderful light | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at light=Theme | | 3 | **observe** | past | | the direction | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent direction=Topic | | 4 | **come** | past | direction | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **perceive** | past | Ei *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past | direction | | | the little room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from room=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **lay** | past · perfect | Ei | the pebble | | the little room | | on the window bench | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme in which=Destination | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/82/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)