--- title: Among all these grinning creatures strutted a peacock, in which cert… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Among all these grinning creatures strutted a peacock, in which certainly pride made a most ridiculous figure, as he craned his beautiful neck in the brilliant sunlight, and dragged his gorgeous tail--alas! by means of the ugliest feet and legs ever made. Who acts: pride, man. 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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 (pride, man), 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:pg74323:15:67 # text = Among all these grinning creatures strutted a peacock, in which certainly pride made a most ridiculous figure, as he craned his beautiful neck in the brilliant sunlight, and dragged his gorgeous tail--alas! by means of the ugliest feet and legs ever made. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 grinning grin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 strutted strut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 12 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ _ 17 ridiculous ridiculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 craned crane VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 csubj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 ugliest ugly ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 advmod _ _ 48 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **strut** | past | | a peacock | | all grinning creatures | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent peacock=Theme among creature=Trajectory | | 3 | **make** | past | pride | a ridiculous figure | | | | which *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset figure=Product | | 4 | **crane** | past | man | man's beautiful neck | | | | in the brilliant sunlight | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Patient in sunlight=Topic | | 5 | **drag** | past | | man's gorgeous tail and alas | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of the ugliest feet and legs | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | participle | | the ugliest feet and legs *not said here* | | | ever | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/68/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)