--- title: At the right, against the rocky wall, shimmering with gold and silve… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the right, against the rocky wall, shimmering with gold and silver, stood a couch of red velvet embroidered in gold, and on the silken cushions lay a sleeping maiden of such super-terrestrial beauty, that Schlosser could not take his eyes from the picture, and was drawn forward by force by his co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/8/) [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/) / [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/) / 8 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 8 At the right, against the rocky wall, shimmering with gold and silver, stood a couch of red velvet embroidered in gold, and on the silken cushions lay a sleeping maiden of such super-terrestrial beauty, that Schlosser could not take his eyes from the picture, and was drawn forward by force by his companions. **Who acts:** rocky wall, silken cushions, Schlosser, force · **What happens:** shimmer, stand, embroider, lay, sleep, not take · **To what, where:** couch, right, red velvet, gold, sleeping maiden, eyes This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rocky wall, silken cushions, Schlosser, force), 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:pg74323:21:8 # text = At the right, against the rocky wall, shimmering with gold and silver, stood a couch of red velvet embroidered in gold, and on the silken cushions lay a sleeping maiden of such super-terrestrial beauty, that Schlosser could not take his eyes from the picture, and was drawn forward by force by his companions. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 shimmering shimmer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 amod _ _ 34 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 37 super super ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 terrestrial terrestrial NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 Schlosser Schlosser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 56 forward forward ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shimmer** | gerund | the rocky wall *not said here* | | | | | with gold and silver | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | | a couch of red velvet | | the right against the rocky wall | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent couch=Theme at right=Destination | | 3 | **embroider** | participle | | red velvet *not said here* | | gold | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gold=Destination | | 4 | **lay** | present | the silken cushions | a sleeping maiden of such terrestrial beauty | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Result | | 5 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **take** | could | Schlosser | Schlosser's eyes | | the picture | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme from picture=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **draw** | past · passive | force | | | | | by Schlosser's companions; forward *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/9/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)