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title: It soon became perfectly well known to Henry when Eva was on duty in… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: It soon became perfectly well known to Henry when Eva was on duty in the antechamber of the Duchess, and half-hidden by the heavy hangings of the deep windows, he chatted with her by the hour, and no favourite maid dared tell her royal mistress who entertained the lady-in-waiting while she sat alone
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 8

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It soon became perfectly well known to Henry when Eva was on duty in the antechamber of the Duchess, and half-hidden by the heavy hangings of the deep windows, he chatted with her by the hour, and no favourite maid dared tell her royal mistress who entertained the lady-in-waiting while she sat alone.

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**Who acts:** loveliness, Eva, favourite maid, royal mistress, maid · **What happens:** become, know, be, hide, chat, dare · **To what, where:** Henry, duty, royal mistress, lady · **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 (loveliness, Eva, favourite maid, royal mistress), 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:pg74323:19:8
# text = It soon became perfectly well known to Henry when Eva was on duty in the antechamber of the Duchess, and half-hidden by the heavy hangings of the deep windows, he chatted with her by the hour, and no favourite maid dared tell her royal mistress who entertained the lady-in-waiting while she sat alone.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	Eva	Eva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	antechamber	antechamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	hangings	hanging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	chatted	chat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
43	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	45	det	_	_
44	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
47	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
48	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
49	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
52	entertained	entertain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	acl:relcl	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	54	parataxis	_	_
59	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
60	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
62	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | loveliness |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle | loveliness *not said here* |  | Henry |  |  | perfectly, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | Eva |  |  | duty |  | in the antechamber of the Duchess | tree rules |
| 4 | **hide** | participle | loveliness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the heavy hangings of the deep windows; half *compound* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hanging=Location |
| 5 | **chat** *speech: other* | past | Eva |  |  |  | hour | with Duchess | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **dare** | past | no favourite maid |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | no favourite maid *not said here* |  | maid's royal mistress |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mistress=Recipient |
| 8 | **entertain** | past | maid's royal mistress | the lady |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer |
| 9 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **sit** | past | maid |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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