--- title: The broken fountain suggested a feeling of loneliness, and the high… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The broken fountain suggested a feeling of loneliness, and the high old grey stone walls enclosing the castle shut it out--or in--from the world beyond, and all the events now transpiring behind them were a profound secret. Who acts: broken fountain, high old grey stone walls, events, transpiring. 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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 (broken fountain, high old grey stone walls, events, transpiring), 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:pg74323:18:19 # text = The broken fountain suggested a feeling of loneliness, and the high old grey stone walls enclosing the castle shut it out--or in--from the world beyond, and all the events now transpiring behind them were a profound secret. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 suggested suggest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 12 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 17 enclosing enclose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 30 beyond beyond ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 transpiring transpire VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 csubj _ _ 38 behind behind ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 profound profound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past | the broken fountain | a feeling of loneliness | | the world | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent feeling=Topic | | 3 | **enclose** | gerund | the high old grey stone walls *not said here* | the castle | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Co-Theme | | 4 | **shut out** | past | the high old grey stone walls | castle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **transpire** | gerund | all events | | | | now | behind walls *= wall* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind they=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | transpiring | a profound secret | | | | | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/20/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)