--- title: Soon the joy at these nightly assemblies was changed to sorrow, and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the joy at these nightly assemblies was changed to sorrow, and when the moonlight called the fairy forms of wood-nymphs and mermaids into life, they wept together over their vanished sisters and friends, and not one was sure that the following day the same sad fate would not be her destiny. 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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 (moonlight, one, same sad fate), 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:pg74323:23:104 # text = Soon the joy at these nightly assemblies was changed to sorrow, and when the moonlight called the fairy forms of wood-nymphs and mermaids into life, they wept together over their vanished sisters and friends, and not one was sure that the following day the same sad fate would not be her destiny. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 nightly nightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 assemblies assembly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 sorrow sorrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 nymphs nymph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 mermaids mermaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 together together ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 amod _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past · passive | | the joy at this nightly assemblies | | | | soon *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **sorrow** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **call** | participle | the moonlight *not said here* | the fairy forms of wood nymphs and mermaids | | life | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent form=Topic into life=Recipient | | 4 | **weep** | past | the moonlight | | | | | over mermaids's vanished sisters and friends; mermaids *= mermaid* *nsubj*; together *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **vanish** | participle | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | one | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is a** | would | the same sad fate | form's destiny | | | | form *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **form** | | | wood nymphs and mermaids | | | | | nom form «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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/102/) - next →: [A Historical Tale., part 7, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/1/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)