--- title: The magic of this picture is greatly enhanced by the soft lights of… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The magic of this picture is greatly enhanced by the soft lights of sunset, and the dim, semi-transparent mists, which like a floating veil half hide its beauties, and fill the excited fancy with a mysterious presage of that poetic something we call the Past. Who acts: soft lights, we. 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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 (soft lights, we), 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:pg74323:18:4 # text = The magic of this picture is greatly enhanced by the soft lights of sunset, and the dim, semi-transparent mists, which like a floating veil half hide its beauties, and fill the excited fancy with a mysterious presage of that poetic something we call the Past. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 enhanced enhance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 semi-transparent semi-transparent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 mists mist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 27 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 29 obl _ _ 29 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 beauties beauty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 presage presage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 44 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 nmod _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Past Past PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enhance** | present · passive | the soft lights of sunset | the magic of this picture | | | | the dim semi-transparent mists *obl*; greatly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | present | the soft lights of sunset *not said here* | the dim semi-transparent mists | | | | like a floating veil half; magic's beauties *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **fill** | infinitive | | the excited fancy | | | | with a mysterious presage of something that | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient with presage=Instrument | | 5 | **call** | present | we | | the Past | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent past=Recipient | | 6 | **light** | | | sunset | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **presage** | | | something that | | | | | nom presage «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/5/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)