--- title: And the hearts of the wild Sassen[3] were opened; with one mind they… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And the hearts of the wild Sassen[3] were opened; with one mind they sank on their knees in reverence and adoration before the God of the white-headed old man who had received the power to work such a miracle. Who acts: hearts, headed old 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 (hearts, headed old 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:pg74323:16:11 # text = And the hearts of the wild Sassen[3] were opened; with one mind they sank on their knees in reverence and adoration before the God of the white-headed old man who had received the power to work such a miracle. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 Sassen Sassen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 adoration adoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 31 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 headed headed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · passive | | the hearts of the wild Sassen | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **sink** | past | hearts *= heart* | | | hearts's knees | before the God of the headed old man | with one mind; in reverence and adoration | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with mind=Instrument | | 3 | **receive** | past · perfect | the headed old man | the power | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | the headed old man *not said here* | such miracle | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent miracle=Material | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/12/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)