--- title: Since that time nothing has been seen or heard of the dwarfs, and no… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Since that time nothing has been seen or heard of the dwarfs, and not only here but everywhere they are vanished; but their memory lives in the mouth of the people, and when the icy north wind blows, and the snow beats against the windows, young men and maidens gather around the fire in confidential --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/49/) [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/) / 49 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 49 Since that time nothing has been seen or heard of the dwarfs, and not only here but everywhere they are vanished; but their memory lives in the mouth of the people, and when the icy north wind blows, and the snow beats against the windows, young men and maidens gather around the fire in confidential chat, and to the rattling of the wheel tell of the deep clefts of the mountains, where in eternal night the dwarfs once held their weddings, and where gnomes and nymphs and fairies in darkness dwell. **Who acts:** memory, icy north wind, snow, windows, dwarfs, wheel tell · **What happens:** see, hear, vanish, live, blow, beat · **To what, where:** dwarfs, mouth, fire, weddings 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 (memory, icy north wind, snow, windows), 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:pg74323:23:49 # text = Since that time nothing has been seen or heard of the dwarfs, and not only here but everywhere they are vanished; but their memory lives in the mouth of the people, and when the icy north wind blows, and the snow beats against the windows, young men and maidens gather around the fire in confidential chat, and to the rattling of the wheel tell of the deep clefts of the mountains, where in eternal night the dwarfs once held their weddings, and where gnomes and nymphs and fairies in darkness dwell. 1 Since since ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obl _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 north north ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 47 against against ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 55 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 56 around around ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 confidential confidential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 rattling rattling NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ _ 70 tell tell NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 clefts cleft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 77 nmod _ _ 80 in in ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 eternal eternal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 appos _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 obj _ _ 85 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 86 advmod _ _ 86 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 acl:relcl _ _ 87 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 88 nmod:poss _ _ 88 weddings wedding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 91 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 86 conj _ _ 92 gnomes gnome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 91 nsubj _ _ 93 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 94 nymphs nymph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 conj _ _ 95 and and CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 96 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 conj _ _ 97 in in ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 98 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 99 compound _ _ 99 dwell dwell NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect · passive | | | | here | since nothing that | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **hear** | participle | | | | | | of the dwarfs | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of dwarf=Stimulus | | 3 | **vanish** | present · passive | | dwarfs *= dwarf* | | | | everywhere *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | present | dwarfs's memory | | | the mouth of the people | | to the rattling of the wheel tell of the deep clefts of the mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Location | | 5 | **blow** | present | the icy north wind | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **beat** | present | the snow | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **gather** | present | the windows and young men and maidens | | | the fire | | in confidential chat | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | past | the dwarfs *not said here* | dwarfs's weddings | | | | once *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | | 9 | **rattle** | | the wheel tell of the deep clefts of the mountains | | | | | | nom rattling «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **wed** | | dwarfs *= dwarf* | | | | | | nom wedding «event 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/50/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)