--- title: The light of thy eyes is dimmed by a tear; heavy and anxious rests t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The light of thy eyes is dimmed by a tear; heavy and anxious rests thy curly head on thy snowy arm; as the heavenly glory crowns the head of a martyred saint, so the splendour of sunset bathes thy form. Who acts: heavy rests, curly head, heavenly glory, thy. 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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 (heavy rests, curly head, heavenly glory, thy), 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:pg74323:16:98 # text = The light of thy eyes is dimmed by a tear; heavy and anxious rests thy curly head on thy snowy arm; as the heavenly glory crowns the head of a martyred saint, so the splendour of sunset bathes thy form. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 dimmed dim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 rests rest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:agent _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 crowns crown VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 martyred martyr VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 bathes bathe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dim** | present · passive | heavy rests | the light of thy eyes | | | | by a tear | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **rest** | | thy curly head on thy snowy arm | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **crown** | present | the heavenly glory | the head of a martyred saint | | | | the splendour of sunset bathes *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **martyr** | participle | | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **light** | | | thy eyes | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **form** | | thy | | | | | | nom form «communication 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/97/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)