--- title: A moment Romar stood rooted to the ground; then coming to his senses… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: A moment Romar stood rooted to the ground; then coming to his senses, he followed the fleeing maiden, and, soon overtaking her, quieted her fears by kind and honest words; and this first meeting gave rise to many others. Who acts: moment, Romar, first meeting, race. 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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 (moment, Romar, first meeting, race), 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:pg74323:16:24 # text = A moment Romar stood rooted to the ground; then coming to his senses, he followed the fleeing maiden, and, soon overtaking her, quieted her fears by kind and honest words; and this first meeting gave rise to many others. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Romar Romar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 rooted root VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fleeing fleeing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 overtaking overtake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 quieted quiet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fears fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 35 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | a moment | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **root** | participle | a moment *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **come** | gerund | a moment *not said here* | | | Romar's senses | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sens=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **follow** | past | Romar | the fleeing maiden | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | | 5 | **overtake** | gerund | a moment *not said here* | race | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **quiet** | past | | race's fears | | | | by kind words | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | this first meeting | rise | many others | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to other=Recipient | | 8 | **fear** | | race | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/24/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)