--- title: Brunhilda throws herself horrified on her knees before her father, w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Brunhilda throws herself horrified on her knees before her father, weeping and tearing her hair; but the king, though moved with pity, assures her the Giant has power to destroy him and his kingdom. Who acts: Brunhilda, king, Giant. 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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 (Brunhilda, king, Giant), 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:pg74323:2:12 # text = Brunhilda throws herself horrified on her knees before her father, weeping and tearing her hair; but the king, though moved with pity, assures her the Giant has power to destroy him and his kingdom. 1 Brunhilda Brunhilda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 horrified horrify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 tearing tear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 27 assures assure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nsubj _ _ 31 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | Brunhilda | Brunhilda | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **horrify** | participle | Brunhilda *not said here* | | | Brunhilda's knees | before Brunhilda's father | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | Brunhilda *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tear** | gerund | Brunhilda *not said here* | Brunhilda's hair | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hair=Theme | | 5 | **move** | participle | | the king *not said here* | | | | with pity | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **assure** | present | the king | Brunhilda | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** | present | the Giant | power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 8 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the Giant *not said here* | father | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/13/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)