--- title: As soon as the dwarfs had bescribbled the rose-leaf, they handed it… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the dwarfs had bescribbled the rose-leaf, they handed it to him with directions to carry it to the Sachsenstein, and blow it in through one of the crevices, and a reply would speedily follow. Who acts: dwarfs, reply. 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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, reply), 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:pg74323:23:31 # text = As soon as the dwarfs had bescribbled the rose-leaf, they handed it to him with directions to carry it to the Sachsenstein, and blow it in through one of the crevices, and a reply would speedily follow. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 bescribbled bescribbl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sachsenstein Sachsenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 crevices crevice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bescribbl** | past · perfect · passive | | the dwarfs | | | | the rose leaf *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **hand** | past | dwarfs *= dwarf* | reflection | Adam | | | with directions; soon *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | dwarfs *= dwarf* *not said here* | reflection | the Sachsenstein | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to sachsenstein=Destination | | 4 | **blow in** | infinitive | dwarfs *= dwarf* *not said here* | reflection | | | | through one of the crevices | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **follow** | would | a reply | | | | | speedily *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/32/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)