--- title: Finally the coffin is lowered; they are about to close it for ever,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Finally the coffin is lowered; they are about to close it for ever, when Alice, before the Abbess or the two priests, who alone knew the truth, can prevent her, rushes forward with a cry of agony and kisses the cold hands in her sorrow. Who acts: sister, Alice, agony. 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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 (sister, Alice, agony), 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:pg74323:19:120 # text = Finally the coffin is lowered; they are about to close it for ever, when Alice, before the Abbess or the two priests, who alone knew the truth, can prevent her, rushes forward with a cry of agony and kisses the cold hands in her sorrow. 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lowered lower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 17 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Abbess Abbess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 alone alone ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 prevent prevent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 rushes rush VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 38 forward forward ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 kisses kiss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lower** | present · passive | | the coffin | | | | finally *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | sister | | | | | coffin *obj*; about, close *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | Alice or the two priests | the truth | | | | who *nsubj*; alone *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | | 4 | **prevent** | can | | Alice | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme | | 5 | **rush** | present | | | | | | with a cry of agony; forward *property* | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with cry=Eventuality | | 6 | **kiss** | present | | the cold hands | | Alice's sorrow | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 7 | **cry** | | agony | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **sorrow** | | Alice | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/121/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)