--- title: The dwarfs wept, and pleaded so pitifully to be released, that Adam'… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The dwarfs wept, and pleaded so pitifully to be released, that Adam's mild heart grew soft; but a glance at his field hardened it again, and he took his trembling prisoners home with him. Who acts: dwarfs, mild heart, glance. 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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 (dwarfs, mild heart, glance), 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:pg74323:23:21 # text = The dwarfs wept, and pleaded so pitifully to be released, that Adam's mild heart grew soft; but a glance at his field hardened it again, and he took his trembling prisoners home with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pleaded plead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 pitifully pitifully ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 hardened harden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | the dwarfs | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | the dwarfs *not said here* | | | | | pitifully *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **release** | to-infinitive · passive | the dwarfs *not said here* | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING» | | 4 | **grow** | past | Adam's mild heart | | | | | soft *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **harden** | past | a glance at glance's field | heart | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | glance | glance's trembling prisoners | | | | with Adam; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme | | 7 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/22/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)