--- title: The Abbesses of these three mitred convents[6] had a seat and vote i… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The Abbesses of these three mitred convents[6] had a seat and vote in the Reichstag, and during the earliest period of their existence the abbesses were of the blood-royal, and only princesses and daughters of the nobility were admitted into their sacred retirement. Who acts: Abbesses, 6, princesses --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/95/) [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/) / 95 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 95 The Abbesses of these three mitred convents\[6\] had a seat and vote in the Reichstag, and during the earliest period of their existence the abbesses were of the blood-royal, and only princesses and daughters of the nobility were admitted into their sacred retirement. **Who acts:** Abbesses, 6, princesses · **What happens:** mitre, have, vote, be, admit, exist · **To what, where:** convents, seat, Reichstag, princesses, sacred retirement 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 (Abbesses, 6, princesses), 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:pg74323:19:95 # text = The Abbesses of these three mitred convents[6] had a seat and vote in the Reichstag, and during the earliest period of their existence the abbesses were of the blood-royal, and only princesses and daughters of the nobility were admitted into their sacred retirement. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Abbesses Abbess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 6 mitred mitre VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 convents convent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Reichstag Reichstag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 21 during during ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 abbesses abbess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 nobility nobility NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 retirement retirement NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mitre** | past | the Abbesses of this three | convents | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | 6 | a seat | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Patient | | 3 | **vote** | infinitive | 6 *not said here* | | | the Reichstag | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the abbesses | | | | during the earliest period of Abbesses's existence | royal *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **admit** *speech: other* | past · passive | | princesses and daughters of the nobility | | princesses's sacred retirement | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **exist** | | Abbesses *= abbess* | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **retire** | | princesses *= princess* | | | | | | nom retirement «state 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/96/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)