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title: She stood in the courtyard by her father's war-horse to take leave o… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: She stood in the courtyard by her father's war-horse to take leave of him, promised to be good, which promise she fully intended to keep; the stern old soldier kissed her, sprang on his horse, brushed away a tear which defied all his iron firmness, stormed over the drawbridge, and never saw his fair
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 3

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She stood in the courtyard by her father's war-horse to take leave of him, promised to be good, which promise she fully intended to keep; the stern old soldier kissed her, sprang on his horse, brushed away a tear which defied all his iron firmness, stormed over the drawbridge, and never saw his fair child again.

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**Who acts:** etiquette, stern old soldier, tear · **What happens:** stand, take, promise, be, intend, keep · **To what, where:** courtyard, leave, etiquette, tear, iron firmness, drawbridge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (etiquette, stern old soldier, tear), 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:pg74323:19:3
# text = She stood in the courtyard by her father's war-horse to take leave of him, promised to be good, which promise she fully intended to keep; the stern old soldier kissed her, sprang on his horse, brushed away a tear which defied all his iron firmness, stormed over the drawbridge, and never saw his fair child again.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
15	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	promise	promise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	ccomp	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
34	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	sprang	spring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	brushed	brush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	advcl	_	_
45	away	away	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
49	defied	defy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
50	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	firmness	firmness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	stormed	storm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
56	over	over	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	62	advmod	_	_
62	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
63	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
64	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
66	again	again	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | etiquette |  |  | the courtyard |  | by etiquette's father's war horse | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Location |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | etiquette *not said here* | leave of horse |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | etiquette *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | etiquette *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present |  |  |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **intend** | past | etiquette |  |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | etiquette *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **kiss** | past | the stern old soldier | etiquette |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 9 | **spring** | gerund | the stern old soldier *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on soldier's horse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory |
| 10 | **brush away** | participle | the stern old soldier *not said here* | a tear |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme |
| 11 | **defy** | past | a tear | soldier's iron firmness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **storm** | participle |  | soldier's iron firmness *not said here* |  | the drawbridge |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 13 | **not** **see** | past |  | soldier's fair child |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

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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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