--- title: At this period, undecided as to Eva's home, and depressed with fears… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At this period, undecided as to Eva's home, and depressed with fears and anxieties regarding her future, business calls the Marshal to the Court of Brunswick,[4] then held in the ancient Castle of Wolfenbüttel,[5] and this visit is destined to decide the fate of the youthful Eva. 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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 (fears, business), 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:pg74323:18:96 # text = At this period, undecided as to Eva's home, and depressed with fears and anxieties regarding her future, business calls the Marshal to the Court of Brunswick,[4] then held in the ancient Castle of Wolfenbüttel,[5] and this visit is destined to decide the fate of the youthful Eva. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 undecided undecided ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 depressed depressed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fears fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 anxieties anxiety NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 regarding regard VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Marshal marshal NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Brunswick Brunswick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | gerund | fears and anxieties *not said here* | Eva's future | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=Theme | | 2 | **call** | present | business | the Marshal | the Court of Brunswick | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent marshal=Topic to court=Recipient | | 3 | **hold** | past | business *not said here* | | | the ancient Castle of Wolfenbüttel | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | | 4 | **destine** | present · passive | | this visit | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **decide** | to-infinitive | | the fate of the youthful Eva | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent fate=Topic | | 7 | **fate** | | | the youthful Eva | | | | | nom fate «event 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/97/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)