--- title: The prelates fled in a fright, seeing themselves robbed of their din… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The prelates fled in a fright, seeing themselves robbed of their dinner; the partridges flew forth and settled on a buttress, where they were turned to stone, and remained as heralds of the dawn of a better day. Who acts: prelates, partridges. 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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 (prelates, partridges), 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:pg74323:15:43 # text = The prelates fled in a fright, seeing themselves robbed of their dinner; the partridges flew forth and settled on a buttress, where they were turned to stone, and remained as heralds of the dawn of a better day. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prelates prelate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 partridges partridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 buttress buttress NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 heralds herald NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 amod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | the prelates | | | a fright | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the prelates *not said here* | prelates *= prelate* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rob** | participle | prelates *= prelate* *not said here* | | | | | of prelates's dinner | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent of dinner=Source | | 4 | **fly** | past | the partridges | | | | | forth *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **settle** | participle | the partridges *not said here* | | | | | on a buttress | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on buttress=Topic | | 6 | **turn** | past · passive | | Partridges *= partridge* | | stone | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory | | 7 | **remain** | participle | the partridges *not said here* | | | | | as heralds of the dawn of a better day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/44/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)