--- title: They wandered on until they had reached the beam--the fatal beam--wh… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: They wandered on until they had reached the beam--the fatal beam--where they stood still, and the men warned Schlosser solemnly, if his life was dear to him, to utter no sound till they had passed the next two caves. Who acts: They, men, life. 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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 (They, men, life), 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:pg74323:21:1 # text = They wandered on until they had reached the beam--the fatal beam--where they stood still, and the men warned Schlosser solemnly, if his life was dear to him, to utter no sound till they had passed the next two caves. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 Schlosser Schlosser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past · perfect | they | the beam | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent beam=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | they | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the men | | Schlosser | | | solemnly *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent schlosser=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Schlosser's life | | Schlosser | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | no sound | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sound=Topic | | 7 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | men *= man* | | | | the next two caves *obj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient cave=Theme | 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: [A Historical Tale., part 3, 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/175/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/2/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)