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title: Behind and among the shrubbery and trees he could see all sorts of m… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Behind and among the shrubbery and trees he could see all sorts of marble figures; goat-footed heathen gods, making awful faces; small hump-backed dwarfs with cocked hats; hunters with puffed-out cheeks blowing the horn; ladies with farthingales and horse-heads; urns around which salamanders, dragon
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 66

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Behind and among the shrubbery and trees he could see all sorts of marble figures; goat-footed heathen gods, making awful faces; small hump-backed dwarfs with cocked hats; hunters with puffed-out cheeks blowing the horn; ladies with farthingales and horse-heads; urns around which salamanders, dragons, and other poisonous worms, with open jaws and red tongues, dragged their slimy lengths; and many other indescribable, diabolical objects.

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**Who acts:** man, goat footed heathen gods, puffed out cheeks · **What happens:** see, make, back, puff, blow, drag · **To what, where:** sorts, awful faces, horn, slimy lengths, marble figures

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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 (man, goat footed heathen gods, puffed out cheeks), 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:pg74323:15:66
# text = Behind and among the shrubbery and trees he could see all sorts of marble figures; goat-footed heathen gods, making awful faces; small hump-backed dwarfs with cocked hats; hunters with puffed-out cheeks blowing the horn; ladies with farthingales and horse-heads; urns around which salamanders, dragons, and other poisonous worms, with open jaws and red tongues, dragged their slimy lengths; and many other indescribable, diabolical objects.
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
17	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	footed	footed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	heathen	heathen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
24	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
27	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
28	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	amod	_	_
31	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	cocked	cocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
36	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
42	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	acl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
46	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	farthingales	farthingale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
54	urns	urn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
55	around	around	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	57	det	_	_
57	salamanders	salamander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
62	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
63	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	with	with	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
73	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
74	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
75	slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	lengths	length	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
79	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
80	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
81	indescribable	indescribable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
83	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
84	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | man | all sorts of marble figures |  |  |  | among the shrubbery and trees; goat footed heathen gods and small backed dwarfs with cocked hats and hunters with puffed out cheeks and ladies with farthingales and horse heads and urns and which salamanders and dragons and other poisonous worms and open jaws and red tongues and many other indescribable diabolical objects *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sort=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | goat footed heathen gods and small backed dwarfs with cocked hats and hunters with puffed out cheeks and ladies with farthingales and horse heads and urns and which salamanders and dragons and other poisonous worms and open jaws and red tongues and many other indescribable diabolical objects *not said here* | awful faces |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product |
| 3 | **back** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | hump *compound* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **puff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 5 | **blow** | gerund | puffed out cheeks *not said here* | the horn |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
| 6 | **drag** | past | man *not said here* | tongues's slimy lengths |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Theme |
| 7 | **sort** |  |  | marble figures |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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