--- title: He was seen every evening at her side in the stone balcony, whence t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He was seen every evening at her side in the stone balcony, whence they could look down into the courtyard and witness the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds, and his conjugal attentions were most edifying to witness; while the new maid of honour Eva stood behind the seat of her duca --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/) / 5 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 5 He was seen every evening at her side in the stone balcony, whence they could look down into the courtyard and witness the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds, and his conjugal attentions were most edifying to witness; while the new maid of honour Eva stood behind the seat of her ducal mistress, a picture of bewildering loveliness. **Who acts:** things, conjugal attentions, new maid, picture, courtiers, Henry · **What happens:** see, look down, edify, stand, bewilder, sport · **To what, where:** Henry, side, seat, loveliness, steeds 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 (things, conjugal attentions, new maid, picture), 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:pg74323:19:5 # text = He was seen every evening at her side in the stone balcony, whence they could look down into the courtyard and witness the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds, and his conjugal attentions were most edifying to witness; while the new maid of honour Eva stood behind the seat of her ducal mistress, a picture of bewildering loveliness. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 drilling drilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 conjugal conjugal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 attentions attention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 nsubj _ _ 41 edifying edify VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 while while SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 52 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 53 behind behind ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 ducal ducal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 63 of of SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 64 bewildering bewilder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 65 loveliness loveliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | | Henry | | Court's side in the stone balcony | evening | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **look down** | could | things *= thing* | | | | | into the courtyard the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds and witness; whence *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into courtyard=Theme | | 3 | **edify** | past · progressive | Henry's conjugal attentions | | | | | witness *advcl* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past | the new maid of honour | | | the seat of Court's ducal mistress | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind seat=Location | | 5 | **bewilder** | gerund | a picture *not said here* | loveliness | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loveliness=Experiencer | | 6 | **sport** | | the courtiers and the drilling of steeds | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **drill** | | | steeds | | | | | nom drilling «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **attend** | | Henry | | | | | | nom attention «cognition 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/6/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)