--- title: A wave of his hand called whole troops of well-armed dwarfs together… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: A wave of his hand called whole troops of well-armed dwarfs together, who were commanded to lead away mother and child; while others so maltreated Romar, that he only escaped covered with wounds to the Giant Castle. Who acts: others, Romar. 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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 (others, Romar), 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:pg74323:16:34 # text = A wave of his hand called whole troops of well-armed dwarfs together, who were commanded to lead away mother and child; while others so maltreated Romar, that he only escaped covered with wounds to the Giant Castle. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 maltreated maltreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 Romar Romar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle · passive | | a wave of Father's hand | | | | whole troops of armed dwarfs *xcomp*; together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **command** | past · passive | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lead away** | to-infinitive | | mother and child | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 4 | **maltreat** | past | others | Romar | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **escape** | past | Romar | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cover** | participle | Romar *not said here* | | | | | with wounds to the Giant Castle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wound=Theme | | 7 | **wave** | | | Father's hand | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/34/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)