--- title: Dying, he stretches forth his hands in pain, and cries after the ret… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Dying, he stretches forth his hands in pain, and cries after the retreating knight, "Ride on, ride till the judgment day; ride every night through the forests, till thy horse sinks exhausted under thee, and may no pious one meet thee, but only the foul fiend of perdition!" Who acts: hermit, horse. 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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 (hermit, horse), 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:pg74323:16:58 # text = Dying, he stretches forth his hands in pain, and cries after the retreating knight, "Ride on, ride till the judgment day; ride every night through the forests, till thy horse sinks exhausted under thee, and may no pious one meet thee, but only the foul fiend of perdition!" 1 Dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stretches stretch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 retreating retreat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 on on ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 till till ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 39 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 46 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 meet meet NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 only only ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 perdition perdition NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | gerund | hermit *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **stretch** | present | hermit | hermit's hands | | | | in pain; thee no pious one meet *obl*; forth *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Patient in pain=Topic | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | hermit *not said here* | | | | after the retreating knight | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **retreat** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **ride on** *in a quote* | infinitive | | ride till the judgment day | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ride** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the forests | night | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory | | 7 | **sink** *in a quote* | present | thy horse | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **exhaust** *in a quote* | participle | thy horse *not said here* | | | thee | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/58/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)