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title: The very next night, the Ritter of the Hainerburg being absent on so… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The very next night, the Ritter of the Hainerburg being absent on some villainous scheme, the father with his six sons knelt in the church of the Virgin, and besought her aid in his bold project. Who acts: next night, father. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, 
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 28

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The very next night, the Ritter of the Hainerburg being absent on some villainous scheme, the father with his six sons knelt in the church of the Virgin, and besought her aid in his bold project.

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**Who acts:** next night, father · **What happens:** be, kneel, beseech, project · **To what, where:** villainous scheme, six sons, church, aid, bold project

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next night, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:15:28
# text = The very next night, the Ritter of the Hainerburg being absent on some villainous scheme, the father with his six sons knelt in the church of the Virgin, and besought her aid in his bold project.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Ritter	Ritter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Hainerburg	Hainerburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	villainous	villainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	scheme	scheme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
24	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Virgin	virgin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	besought	beseech	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
34	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the next night |  |  | some villainous scheme |  | the Ritter of the Hainerburg *nsubj*; absent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kneel** | participle |  | father's six sons *not said here* |  | the church of the Virgin |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location |
| 3 | **beseech** | past | the next night *not said here* | happiness's aid |  | father's bold project |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **project** |  | father |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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