--- title: The mountain has plenty of space; and there would be room to build s… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The mountain has plenty of space; and there would be room to build spacious salons and chambers, and even a chapel, and a single moat around the whole; then we should be able to entertain our friends, as many as could come. Who acts: mountain, we. 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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 (mountain, we), 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:pg74323:23:60 # text = The mountain has plenty of space; and there would be room to build spacious salons and chambers, and even a chapel, and a single moat around the whole; then we should be able to entertain our friends, as many as could come. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 salons salon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 29 around around ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 entertain entertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the mountain | plenty of space | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | room and a chapel and a single moat around the whole | | | | a chapel *conj*; a single moat around the whole *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **build** | to-infinitive | the mountain *not said here* | spacious salons and chambers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset salon=Product | | 4 | **is** | should | we | | | | then | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **entertain** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our friends | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer | | 6 | **be** | | we *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | could | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/61/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)