--- title: Horrified, she at once informs the Duchess of this proposed rendezvo… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Horrified, she at once informs the Duchess of this proposed rendezvous, and persuades her to accompany her in disguise to the arbour at the appointed hour, where, concealed behind the thick foliage, she might learn what was best to be done. Who acts: mistress. 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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 (mistress), 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:pg74323:19:11 # text = Horrified, she at once informs the Duchess of this proposed rendezvous, and persuades her to accompany her in disguise to the arbour at the appointed hour, where, concealed behind the thick foliage, she might learn what was best to be done. 1 Horrified horrify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 obl _ _ 6 informs inform VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 rendezvous rendezvous NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 persuades persuade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 arbour arbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 behind behind ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **horrify** | participle | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | mistress | | the Duchess of this proposed rendezvous | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent duchess=Recipient | | 3 | **propose** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **persuade** | present | mistress *not said here* | mistress | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | mistress *not said here* | mistress | | disguise | hour | to the arbour | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in disguise=Destination | | 6 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **conceal** | participle | | | | the thick foliage | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind foliage=Location | | 8 | **learn** | might | mistress | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj*; good *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/12/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)