--- title: Romar inquired after the descent of his beloved, and turned pale as… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Romar inquired after the descent of his beloved, and turned pale as he discovered that she was a nymph, and the daughter of the Berggeist, so hostile to his race, and a river goddess, and dwelt in the neighbouring mountain lake. Who acts: Romar, suspicion. 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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 (Romar, suspicion), 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:pg74323:16:26 # text = Romar inquired after the descent of his beloved, and turned pale as he discovered that she was a nymph, and the daughter of the Berggeist, so hostile to his race, and a river goddess, and dwelt in the neighbouring mountain lake. 1 Romar Romar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nymph nymph NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Berggeist Berggeist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 31 to to 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 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 amod _ _ 45 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | Romar | | | | after the descent of Romar's beloved | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | past | Romar *not said here* | a river goddess | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **discover** | past | Romar | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | suspicion | a nymph and the daughter of the Berggeist | | | | the daughter of the Berggeist *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **dwell** | past | Romar *not said here* | | | the neighbouring mountain lake | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location | | 6 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **race** | | Romar | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/26/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)