--- title: The following day, after a stormy scene between the Duke and Duchess… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The following day, after a stormy scene between the Duke and Duchess, Henry left the castle to attend to business, as he said, and on his return found that the new maid of honour had resigned her office and left the Court. Who acts: Henry. 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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 (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:pg74323:19:93 # text = The following day, after a stormy scene between the Duke and Duchess, Henry left the castle to attend to business, as he said, and on his return found that the new maid of honour had resigned her office and left the Court. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 stormy stormy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 resigned resign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | Henry | the castle | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | | 3 | **attend** | to-infinitive | Henry *not said here* | | | | | to business | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to business=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Henry | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | past | Henry *not said here* | | | Henry's return | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **resign** | past · perfect · passive | | the new maid of honour | | | | maid's office *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | past | | the Court | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 8 | **return** | | Henry | | | | | | nom return «communication 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/94/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)