--- title: "Follow me," she said; and opening the postern door and pointing out… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Follow me," she said; and opening the postern door and pointing out to her an outer flight of stone steps leading down to a garden, continued, "mount those steps leading to the stone balcony. Who acts: you, Magda, stone steps, opening. 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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 (you, Magda, stone steps, opening), 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:pg74323:20:11 # text = "Follow me," she said; and opening the postern door and pointing out to her an outer flight of stone steps leading down to a garden, continued, "mount those steps leading to the stone balcony. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 10 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 csubj:pass _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 postern postern NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 16 out out ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 mount mount VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Magda | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Magda | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **open** | gerund | | the postern door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 4 | **point out** | gerund | | a outer flight of stone steps | Magda | | | out *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 5 | **lead down** | gerund | stone steps *not said here* | | | | | to a garden; down *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to garden=Patient | | 6 | **continue** | participle | opening | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **mount** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | that steps | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient | | 8 | **lead** *in a quote* | gerund | that steps *not said here* | | | | | to the stone balcony | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to balcony=Patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/12/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)