--- title: Surprised at the royal generosity, he at once proclaimed to the pris… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Surprised at the royal generosity, he at once proclaimed to the prisoners their liberation, who sprang up with eyes shining with joy, fell at the feet of the Dwarf King, and thanked him for their freedom in the most touching expressions of gratitude. Who acts: Adam, liberation, eyes, prisoners. 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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 (Adam, liberation, eyes, prisoners), 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:pg74323:23:42 # text = Surprised at the royal generosity, he at once proclaimed to the prisoners their liberation, who sprang up with eyes shining with joy, fell at the feet of the Dwarf King, and thanked him for their freedom in the most touching expressions of gratitude. 1 Surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 generosity generosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 obl _ _ 10 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 liberation liberation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 touching touch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | participle | Adam | | the prisoners prisoners's liberation | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prisoner=Recipient | | 2 | **spring up** | past | prisoners's liberation | | | | | with eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | eyes *not said here* | | | | | with joy | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | | | | the feet of the Dwarf King | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | | | Adam | | | for eyes's freedom in the touching expressions of gratitude | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for freedom=Attribute | | 6 | **touch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **liberate** | | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | | | nom liberation «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/43/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)