--- title: At last the evening before the nuptials arrived, and Brunhilda, havi… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At last the evening before the nuptials arrived, and Brunhilda, having arrayed herself in white robes, a golden crown, and a long white veil floating behind her, and the amber and diamonds, the Giant's gifts, welcomed the numerous guests who thronged the royal palace, and looked lovingly upon the Gi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/23/) [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/) / [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/) / 23 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 23 At last the evening before the nuptials arrived, and Brunhilda, having arrayed herself in white robes, a golden crown, and a long white veil floating behind her, and the amber and diamonds, the Giant's gifts, welcomed the numerous guests who thronged the royal palace, and looked lovingly upon the Giant Bräutigam,\[2\] who was overwhelmed with an unheard of bliss at the lovely vision. **Who acts:** nuptials, long white veil, amber, numerous guests · **What happens:** arrive, array, float, welcome, throng, look · **To what, where:** Brunhilda, white robes, numerous guests, royal palace, Giant Bräutigam 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 (nuptials, long white veil, amber, numerous guests), 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:pg74323:2:23 # text = At last the evening before the nuptials arrived, and Brunhilda, having arrayed herself in white robes, a golden crown, and a long white veil floating behind her, and the amber and diamonds, the Giant's gifts, welcomed the numerous guests who thronged the royal palace, and looked lovingly upon the Giant Bräutigam,[2] who was overwhelmed with an unheard of bliss at the lovely vision. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nuptials nuptial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 Brunhilda Brunhilda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux _ _ 14 arrayed array VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 29 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 behind behind ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 44 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 thronged throng VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 56 lovingly lovingly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 upon upon ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 Bräutigam Bräutigam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 67 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 63 punct _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 overwhelmed overwhelm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 unheard unheard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 xcomp _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 bliss bliss NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 73 at at ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the nuptials | | | | evening | a long white veil *conj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **array** | gerund · perfect · passive | | Brunhilda | | white robes and a golden crown | | | tree rules | | 3 | **float** | gerund | a long white veil *not said here* | | | | | behind Brunhilda | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind she=Trajectory | | 4 | **welcome** | past | the amber and diamonds and the Giant's gifts | the numerous guests | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme | | 5 | **throng** | past | the numerous guests | the royal palace | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | the amber and diamonds and the Giant's gifts *not said here* | | | | | upon the Giant Bräutigam; lovingly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon bräutigam=Theme | | 7 | **overwhelm** | past · passive | | the Giant Bräutigam | | | | 2 *discourse*; unheard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/24/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)