--- title: At last, one day, the Mistress of the Robes, who had more than once… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At last, one day, the Mistress of the Robes, who had more than once reproved Eva for frivolity, and whose curiosity had got the better of her dignity, listens and hears Henry ask Eva to meet him in the evening at ten o'clock in the linden allée for a walk to the arbour at the end of it, and the thou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/9/) [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/) / 9 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 9 At last, one day, the Mistress of the Robes, who had more than once reproved Eva for frivolity, and whose curiosity had got the better of her dignity, listens and hears Henry ask Eva to meet him in the evening at ten o'clock in the linden allée for a walk to the arbour at the end of it, and the thoughtless girl consents. **Who acts:** curiosity, Henry · **What happens:** reprove, get, listen, hear, ask, meet · **To what, where:** Mistress, Eva, ten o'clock · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (curiosity, Henry), 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:pg74323:19:9 # text = At last, one day, the Mistress of the Robes, who had more than once reproved Eva for frivolity, and whose curiosity had got the better of her dignity, listens and hears Henry ask Eva to meet him in the evening at ten o'clock in the linden allée for a walk to the arbour at the end of it, and the thoughtless girl consents. 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 14 obj _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 reproved reprove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 19 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 frivolity frivolity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 39 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 linden linden NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 allée allée NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 arbour arbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 thoughtless thoughtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 consents consent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reprove** | past · perfect · passive | | the Mistress of the Robes | | | day | for frivolity; Eva *obj*; the thoughtless girl consents *conj*; once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | curiosity | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **listen** | present | curiosity *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | present | curiosity *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Henry | | Eva | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent eva=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Henry *not said here* | Eva | | ten o'clock in the linden allée | evening | for a walk to the arbour at the end of loveliness | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/10/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)