--- title: For a period of four years, Alice, disguised in a grey wig, with an… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: For a period of four years, Alice, disguised in a grey wig, with an artificial hump on her back, sought Eva, wandering from castle to castle, from town to town through the mountains; but without discovering the faintest trace of either Eva or nurse Magda. 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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: 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:pg74323:19:134 # text = For a period of four years, Alice, disguised in a grey wig, with an artificial hump on her back, sought Eva, wandering from castle to castle, from town to town through the mountains; but without discovering the faintest trace of either Eva or nurse Magda. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 disguised disguise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 wig wig NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hump hump NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 24 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 42 without without SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 discovering discover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 faintest faint ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 either either CCONJ CC _ 49 cc:preconj _ _ 49 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 52 Magda Magda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disguise** | participle | | Alice *not said here* | | | | with a artificial hump on Alice's back; in a grey wig | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wig=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | past | | Eva | | | | for a period of four years; discovering Magda *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eva=Location for period=Theme | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | castle | | to castle; from town to town through the mountains | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **discover** | gerund | | the faintest trace of Eva or nurse | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Topic | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/135/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)