--- title: Her companion, Duke Henry the Younger, of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenb… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Her companion, Duke Henry the Younger, of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, clasped one of her tiny hands, glittering with diamonds, in his own, stroked her magnificent hair, and gazed into her face with silent rapture. Who acts: companion. 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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 (companion), 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:pg74323:18:17 # text = Her companion, Duke Henry the Younger, of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, clasped one of her tiny hands, glittering with diamonds, in his own, stroked her magnificent hair, and gazed into her face with silent rapture. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Younger Younger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Brunswick Brunswick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Lüneburg Lüneburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 glittering glitter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 stroked stroke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 rapture rapture NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clasp** | past | expression's companion | one of expression's tiny hands | | | | | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 2 | **glitter** | gerund | expression's companion *not said here* | | | | | with diamonds | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme | | 3 | **stroke** | past | expression's companion *not said here* | expression's magnificent hair | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Experiencer | | 4 | **gaze** | past | expression's companion *not said here* | | | | | with silent rapture; into expression's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/18/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)