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title: The bridegroom places the nuptial ring on the bride's hand; kneeling… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The bridegroom places the nuptial ring on the bride's hand; kneeling they receive the priest's blessing, the young wife rises Frau von Kirchberg, and after remaining some days in concealment in the convent, she escapes in the disguise of a monk to Schloss Staufenburg. Who acts: bridegroom places, fl
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 107

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The bridegroom places the nuptial ring on the bride's hand; kneeling they receive the priest's blessing, the young wife rises Frau von Kirchberg, and after remaining some days in concealment in the convent, she escapes in the disguise of a monk to Schloss Staufenburg.

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**Who acts:** bridegroom places, flashes, young wife, wife, priest · **What happens:** kneel, receive, rise, remain, escape, bless · **To what, where:** blessing, Frau, concealment, disguise

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bridegroom places, flashes, young wife, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:19:107
# text = The bridegroom places the nuptial ring on the bride's hand; kneeling they receive the priest's blessing, the young wife rises Frau von Kirchberg, and after remaining some days in concealment in the convent, she escapes in the disguise of a monk to Schloss Staufenburg.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nuptial	nuptial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
13	kneeling	kneel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
25	Frau	Frau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
26	von	von	PROPN	NNP	_	25	flat	_	_
27	Kirchberg	Kirchberg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
30	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
31	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
32	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	33	det	_	_
33	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
40	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	escapes	escape	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Schloss	Schloss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	Staufenburg	Staufenburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | gerund | the bridegroom places |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | present | flashes *= flash* | the priest's blessing |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme |
| 3 | **rise** | present | the young wife | Frau |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location frau=Theme |
| 4 | **remain** | gerund | wife *not said here* |  |  | concealment in the convent | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in concealment=Location |
| 5 | **escape** | present | wife |  |  | the disguise of a monk to Schloss |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **bless** |  | the priest |  |  |  |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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