--- title: Like an eagle, the noble animal leaps the yawning abyss, lands safel… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Like an eagle, the noble animal leaps the yawning abyss, lands safely on the other side, and impressing its giant hoof-print in the granite, sinks exhausted, but the Princess loses her _goldene Krone_ in the gulf beneath the Bode Kessel! Who acts: noble animal, Princess, animal. 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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 (noble animal, Princess, animal), 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:pg74323:2:50 # text = Like an eagle, the noble animal leaps the yawning abyss, lands safely on the other side, and impressing its giant hoof-print in the granite, sinks exhausted, but the Princess loses her _goldene Krone_ in the gulf beneath the Bode Kessel! 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 yawning yawn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 abyss abyss NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 lands land VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 safely safely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 impressing impress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 23 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 hoof hoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 goldene goldene NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 Krone Krone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 gulf gulf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Kessel Kessel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | present | the noble animal | the yawning abyss | | | | like a eagle | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme abyss=Trajectory | | 2 | **yawn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **land** | present | the noble animal *not said here* | | | the other side | | safely *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on side=Destination | | 4 | **impress** | gerund | the noble animal *not said here* | animal's giant hoof print | | the granite | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus print=Experiencer | | 5 | **sink** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **exhaust** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **lose** | present | the Princess | Princess's goldene | | the gulf beneath the Bode Kessel | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldene=Eventuality | | 8 | **print** | | animal | | | the granite | | | nom print «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/51/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)