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title: Jutta was the daughter of a noble whose Schloss lay near Leesen, and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Jutta was the daughter of a noble whose Schloss lay near Leesen, and Ernst the son of an old warrior, who, after having fought many a battle in his youth and won many honours, now poor, weak from wounds, and forgotten by the world, had retired into solitude, to spend the remainder of his days in mem
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 109

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Jutta was the daughter of a noble whose Schloss lay near Leesen, and Ernst the son of an old warrior, who, after having fought many a battle in his youth and won many honours, now poor, weak from wounds, and forgotten by the world, had retired into solitude, to spend the remainder of his days in memories of his active life, and in the education of his only son.

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**Who acts:** Jutta, Schloss, old warrior, daughter · **What happens:** be, lie, have, fight, win, forget · **To what, where:** daughter, Leesen, many battle, youth, many honours, solitude

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jutta, Schloss, old warrior, daughter), 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:pg74323:16:111
# text = Jutta was the daughter of a noble whose Schloss lay near Leesen, and Ernst the son of an old warrior, who, after having fought many a battle in his youth and won many honours, now poor, weak from wounds, and forgotten by the world, had retired into solitude, to spend the remainder of his days in memories of his active life, and in the education of his only son.
1	Jutta	Jutta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Schloss	schloss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Leesen	Leesen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	Ernst	Ernst	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	conj	_	_
27	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
28	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
36	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	honours	honour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	40	advmod	_	_
40	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	_
43	from	from	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	parataxis	_	_
48	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	retired	retire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	parataxis	_	_
54	into	into	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	solitude	solitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obl	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
68	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
72	in	in	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	education	education	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	parataxis	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
76	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	78	nmod:poss	_	_
77	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Jutta | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior |  |  |  | of a noble; the Ernst son of a old warrior *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | past | Schloss |  |  | Leesen |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near leesen=Location |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | a old warrior |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fight** | past | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior | a many battle |  | Schloss's youth |  | the education of Schloss's only son *parataxis* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **win** | past | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior *not said here* | many honours |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Eventuality |
| 6 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the world | tree rules |
| 7 | **retire** | past · perfect |  |  |  | solitude |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **spend** | to-infinitive |  | the remainder of Schloss's days |  | memories of Schloss's active life |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Asset |
| 9 | **educate** |  |  | Schloss's only son |  |  |  |  | nom education «act 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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