--- title: The broken-hearted _Braut_ refused all other lovers, and to secure p… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The broken-hearted _Braut_ refused all other lovers, and to secure peace and freedom declared she would bestow her hand only on the knight who could rescue Brunhilda's crown from the fearful gulf, the Bode Kessel. Who acts: Braut, peace, knight, Brunhilda. 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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 (Braut, peace, knight, Brunhilda), 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:pg74323:2:61 # text = The broken-hearted _Braut_ refused all other lovers, and to secure peace and freedom declared she would bestow her hand only on the knight who could rescue Brunhilda's crown from the fearful gulf, the Bode Kessel. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Braut Braut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 secure secure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 Brunhilda Brunhilda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 gulf gulf NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Kessel Kessel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | hearted *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **refuse** | past | Braut | all other lovers | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=Theme | | 3 | **secure** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | peace and freedom | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **bestow** | would | Braut | Braut's hand | | | | on the knight | tree rules | | 6 | **rescue** | could | the knight | Brunhilda's crown | | the fearful gulf | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from gulf=Source | | 7 | **crown** | | Brunhilda | | | | | | nom crown «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/62/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)