--- title: The varied splendid colours of the pebble quite dazzled his eyes; he… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The varied splendid colours of the pebble quite dazzled his eyes; he wrapped it in a cloth, and hastened to his neighbour Bergmann, who knew all the stones of the Harz, and showed it to him. Who acts: varied splendid colours, Ei, neighbour. 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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 (varied splendid colours, Ei, neighbour), 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:pg74323:14:84 # text = The varied splendid colours of the pebble quite dazzled his eyes; he wrapped it in a cloth, and hastened to his neighbour Bergmann, who knew all the stones of the Harz, and showed it to him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 varied varied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 dazzled dazzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 Bergmann Bergmann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dazzle** | past | the varied splendid colours of the pebble | Ei's eyes | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | | 2 | **wrap** | past | Ei | Pebble | | a cloth | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cloth=Destination | | 3 | **hasten** | participle | Ei *not said here* | | | Ei's neighbour | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to neighbour=Destination | | 4 | **know** | past | Ei's neighbour | all stones of the Harz | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus | | 5 | **show** | past | the varied splendid colours of the pebble *not said here* | stone | Ei | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/84/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)