--- title: But her love for Romar only increased, and her father in his insane… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But her love for Romar only increased, and her father in his insane rage seized the child, broke it in pieces on the rocks, cursed and swore because he could not take the same measures with his mother, created with a wave of his hand the cave, the Weingarten Höhle, banished her into it, and left her --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/) / 35 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 35 But her love for Romar only increased, and her father in his insane rage seized the child, broke it in pieces on the rocks, cursed and swore because he could not take the same measures with his mother, created with a wave of his hand the cave, the Weingarten Höhle, banished her into it, and left her with a laugh of scorn. **Who acts:** love, father, cave, child, scorn · **What happens:** increase, seize, break, curse, swear, not take · **To what, where:** child, love, pieces, rocks, same measures, wave 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 (love, father, cave, child), 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:pg74323:16:36 # text = But her love for Romar only increased, and her father in his insane rage seized the child, broke it in pieces on the rocks, cursed and swore because he could not take the same measures with his mother, created with a wave of his hand the cave, the Weingarten Höhle, banished her into it, and left her with a laugh of scorn. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Romar Romar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 insane insane ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 Weingarten Weingarten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 Höhle Höhle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 banished banish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 64 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **increase** | past | child's love for Romar | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **seize** | past | child's father in Father's insane rage | the child | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 3 | **break** | past | child's father in Father's insane rage *not said here* | love | | pieces | | on the rocks | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 4 | **curse** | participle | | the rocks *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **swear** | past | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **take** | could | Father | the same measures | | | | with Father's mother | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | | 7 | **create** | participle | | the same measures *not said here* | | | | with a wave of Father's hand | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **banish** | past | the cave | child | | wave | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **leave** | past | child's love for Romar *not said here* | | child | | | with a laugh of scorn | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with laugh=Theme | | 10 | **love** | | child | | | | | for Romar | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | | 11 | **rage** | | Father | | | | | | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **wave** | | | Father's hand | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **laugh** | | scorn | | | | | | nom laugh «communication intransitive»: of=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/36/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)