--- title: Each princess planted a tree by her lover's grave, and when seven mo… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Each princess planted a tree by her lover's grave, and when seven moons were passed away, one evening, as they sat by the graves, suddenly they felt a great joy spring up within them; they wiped away their tears, but from them seven springs bubbled up sparkling and clear. 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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 (princess, trees), 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:pg74323:2:130 # text = Each princess planted a tree by her lover's grave, and when seven moons were passed away, one evening, as they sat by the graves, suddenly they felt a great joy spring up within them; they wiped away their tears, but from them seven springs bubbled up sparkling and clear. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 38 within within ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 bubbled bubble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 parataxis _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | past | each princess | a tree | | | | by Princess's lover's grave | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme by grave=Destination | | 2 | **pass away** | past · passive | | seven moons | | | evening | away *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | by the graves | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by grave=Location | | 4 | **feel up** | past | trees *= tree* | | | | spring | within lovers *= lover*; suddenly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **wipe away** | past | trees *= tree* | trees's tears | | | | away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | | 6 | **bubble up** | participle · passive | | trees *= tree* | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source | | 7 | **sparkle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/131/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)