--- title: The castle clock was ringing ten when two muffled figures stole thro… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The castle clock was ringing ten when two muffled figures stole through a postern gate of the garden wall behind it into the park, and, concealed by the darkness, hastened through by-paths to the lime-tree arbour. Who acts: castle clock, two figures. 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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 (castle clock, two figures), 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:pg74323:19:49 # text = The castle clock was ringing ten when two muffled figures stole through a postern gate of the garden wall behind it into the park, and, concealed by the darkness, hastened through by-paths to the lime-tree arbour. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 muffled muffle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 10 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 postern postern NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 behind behind ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 arbour arbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past · progressive | the castle clock | ten | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ten=Theme | | 2 | **muffle** | past | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **steal** | past | two figures | | | a postern gate of the garden wall behind clock | | into the park | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Location | | 4 | **conceal** | participle | | | | | | by the darkness | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by darkness=Location | | 5 | **hasten** | participle | | | | paths to the tree arbour | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through path=Trajectory | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/50/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)