--- title: Mighty rulers and the sons of kings sought the hand of the lovely ro… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Mighty rulers and the sons of kings sought the hand of the lovely royal maiden, and among the numerous wooers came the son of the king of the Harz, who won her heart; and after the lovers had sworn everlasting fidelity, the Harz Prince returned to his father to announce his betrothal and make arrang --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/6/) [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/) / 6 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 6 Mighty rulers and the sons of kings sought the hand of the lovely royal maiden, and among the numerous wooers came the son of the king of the Harz, who won her heart; and after the lovers had sworn everlasting fidelity, the Harz Prince returned to his father to announce his betrothal and make arrangements for the nuptials. **Who acts:** Mighty rulers, numerous wooers, Harz, Harz Prince, king · **What happens:** seek, come, win, swear, return, announce · **To what, where:** hand, heart, everlasting fidelity, betrothal, arrangements 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 (Mighty rulers, numerous wooers, Harz, Harz Prince), 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:pg74323:2:6 # text = Mighty rulers and the sons of kings sought the hand of the lovely royal maiden, and among the numerous wooers came the son of the king of the Harz, who won her heart; and after the lovers had sworn everlasting fidelity, the Harz Prince returned to his father to announce his betrothal and make arrangements for the nuptials. 1 Mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wooers wooer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 43 everlasting everlasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 fidelity fidelity NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 betrothal betrothal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 59 arrangements arrangement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 nuptials nuptial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | Mighty rulers and the sons of kings | the hand of the lovely royal maiden | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the numerous wooers | | | | | the son of the king of the Harz *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **win** | past | the Harz | beauty's heart | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 4 | **swear** | past · perfect | Mighty rulers and the sons of kings *not said here* | everlasting fidelity | | | after the lovers | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent fidelity=Eventuality | | 5 | **return** | past | the Harz Prince | | | | | to king's father *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result | | 6 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the Harz Prince *not said here* | king's betrothal | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent betrothal=Theme | | 7 | **make** | present | the Harz Prince *not said here* | arrangements | | | | for the nuptials | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent arrangement=Product for nuptial=Asset | | 8 | **betroth** | | king | | | | | | nom betrothal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/7/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)