--- title: On the plain, stretching away westward from the once imperial Quedli… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: On the plain, stretching away westward from the once imperial Quedlinburg, is the Devil's Wall, which rises in ragged rocks in the most fantastic shapes and forms, sometimes a hundred feet in height, mostly bare, but nearer to Blankenburg adorned with foliage. Who acts: plain, Wall. 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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 (plain, Wall), 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:pg74323:2:133 # text = On the plain, stretching away westward from the once imperial Quedlinburg, is the Devil's Wall, which rises in ragged rocks in the most fantastic shapes and forms, sometimes a hundred feet in height, mostly bare, but nearer to Blankenburg adorned with foliage. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 stretching stretch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 westward westward ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 once once SCONJ IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Quedlinburg Quedlinburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 Wall Wall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 28 advmod _ _ 28 fantastic fantastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Blankenburg Blankenburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 47 adorned adorn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch away** | gerund | the plain *not said here* | | | the imperial Quedlinburg | | away, westward *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from quedlinburg=Location | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the Devil's Wall | | the plain | | the Devil *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | present | the Devil's Wall | | | ragged rocks in the fantastic shapes and forms and hundred feet in height | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rock=Location | | 4 | **adorn** | past | the Devil's Wall *not said here* | | Blankenburg | | | with foliage | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with foliage=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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/134/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)