--- title: When the moon mounted her blue throne, and cast her pure silvery gla… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: When the moon mounted her blue throne, and cast her pure silvery glance over the silent and noble forests, it was as if a light shiver fell on the trees, as if they became animated, and assumed the forms of maidens, who in the pale light skipped upon the mountains, or descended to the lake or the Bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/101/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/) / 101 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 101 When the moon mounted her blue throne, and cast her pure silvery glance over the silent and noble forests, it was as if a light shiver fell on the trees, as if they became animated, and assumed the forms of maidens, who in the pale light skipped upon the mountains, or descended to the lake or the Bode, to visit their neighbours the mermaids, still and innocent as themselves, who swam the light waves radiant in the smile of Queen Luna. **Who acts:** moon, light shiver, trees, forms, light, material · **What happens:** mount, cast, fall, become, assume, skip · **To what, where:** blue throne, pure silvery glance, silent forests, trees, forms, pale light This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moon, light shiver, trees, forms), 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:pg74323:23:102 # text = When the moon mounted her blue throne, and cast her pure silvery glance over the silent and noble forests, it was as if a light shiver fell on the trees, as if they became animated, and assumed the forms of maidens, who in the pale light skipped upon the mountains, or descended to the lake or the Bode, to visit their neighbours the mermaids, still and innocent as themselves, who swam the light waves radiant in the smile of Queen Luna. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 silvery silvery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 4 advmod _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 shiver shiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 animated animated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 assumed assume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 52 skipped skip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 68 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 mermaids mermaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 still still ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ _ 76 as as ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 80 nsubj _ _ 80 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 conj _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nsubj _ _ 83 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 ccomp _ _ 84 radiant radiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 xcomp _ _ 85 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 87 nmod _ _ 90 Luna Luna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 89 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | past | the moon | material's blue throne | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Patient | | 2 | **cast** | past | the moon *not said here* | material's pure silvery glance | | the silent forests | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glance=Theme over forest=Destination | | 3 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a light shiver | | | the trees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on tree=Location | | 4 | **become** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | animated *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **assume** | past | trees *= tree* *not said here* | the forms of maidens | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 6 | **skip** | participle | the forms of maidens | | | the pale light | | upon the mountains | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in light=Trajectory | | 7 | **descend** | participle | the forms of maidens *not said here* | | | the lake or the Bode | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lake=Location | | 8 | **visit** | to-infinitive | trees *= tree* *not said here* | trees's neighbours | | | | the mermaids *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **swim** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 10 | **wave** | present | the light | | | | | in the smile of Queen; radiant *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in smile=Theme | | 11 | **glance** | | material | | | | | | nom glance «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **form** | | | maidens | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **smile** | | | Queen | | | | | nom smile «communication transitive»: of=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/102/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)