--- title: However that may be, he at last prepared to go further, when suddenl… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: However that may be, he at last prepared to go further, when suddenly he observed a lovely maiden, who, clad in mourning garments and weeping, sat on a moss-grown stone at the entrance to the Jungfernloch, or Maiden's Cave. Who acts: ruin. 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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 (ruin), 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:pg74323:21:84 # text = However that may be, he at last prepared to go further, when suddenly he observed a lovely maiden, who, clad in mourning garments and weeping, sat on a moss-grown stone at the entrance to the Jungfernloch, or Maiden's Cave. 1 However however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 clad clad VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Jungfernloch Jungfernloch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 Cave Cave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **prepare** | participle | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **observe** | past | ruin | | | | | maiden, suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **clad** | past | | | | mourning garments and weeping | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | past | | | | a grown stone | | at the entrance; to the Jungfernloch | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 7 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | moss *compound* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/85/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)