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title: These princesses were called the Sunbeams of the mountains; and when… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: These princesses were called the Sunbeams of the mountains; and when the English princes arrived in the Felsenburg of their royal father, they found assembled there princes and nobles from Saxony and Thuringia, Franconia and Bohemia, from the banks of the Danube and the amber coasts of the sea. Who 
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 107

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These princesses were called the Sunbeams of the mountains; and when the English princes arrived in the Felsenburg of their royal father, they found assembled there princes and nobles from Saxony and Thuringia, Franconia and Bohemia, from the banks of the Danube and the amber coasts of the sea.

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**Who acts:** English princes · **What happens:** call, arrive, assemble · **To what, where:** princesses, Felsenburg, Brothers, banks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English princes), 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:pg74323:2:107
# text = These princesses were called the Sunbeams of the mountains; and when the English princes arrived in the Felsenburg of their royal father, they found assembled there princes and nobles from Saxony and Thuringia, Franconia and Bohemia, from the banks of the Danube and the amber coasts of the sea.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sunbeams	sunbeam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Felsenburg	Felsenburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
28	there	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	conj	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Saxony	Saxony	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	Thuringia	Thuringia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	Franconia	Franconia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	Bohemia	Bohemia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Danube	Danube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	amber	amber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	coasts	coast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | this princesses |  |  |  | the Sunbeams of the mountains *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the English princes |  |  | the Felsenburg of Sunbeams's royal father |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **assemble** | past · passive |  | Brothers *= brother* |  | the banks of the Danube and the amber coasts of the sea |  | there's princes and nobles *obj* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary prince=Product from bank=Material |

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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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