--- title: How long he had slept he could not tell; as he opened his eyes he sa… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: How long he had slept he could not tell; as he opened his eyes he saw himself in a perfectly strange place, in which directly before him rose a stately, wonderful castle, surrounded by a high wall. Who acts: One. 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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 (One), 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:pg74323:15:59 # text = How long he had slept he could not tell; as he opened his eyes he saw himself in a perfectly strange place, in which directly before him rose a stately, wonderful castle, surrounded by a high wall. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 27 directly directly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 before before SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 stately stately ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · perfect | One | | | | | long *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | One | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **open** | past | One | One's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | One | One | | a strange place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 5 | **rise** | past | One | a wonderful castle | | | | which *obl*; directly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location castle=Theme | | 6 | **surround** | participle | | a wonderful castle *not said here* | | | | by a high wall | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/60/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)