--- title: Herr Adam stood early in his peafield watching, and as the bell in t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Herr Adam stood early in his peafield watching, and as the bell in the neighbouring Sachsa rang out the midnight hour, he struck, as the stranger had advised, with the willow rod he had brought with him up and down in the air, and soon saw, with the greatest amazement, two tiny beings, who, with fol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/7/) [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/) / 7 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 7 Herr Adam stood early in his peafield watching, and as the bell in the neighbouring Sachsa rang out the midnight hour, he struck, as the stranger had advised, with the willow rod he had brought with him up and down in the air, and soon saw, with the greatest amazement, two tiny beings, who, with folded hands and terrified mien, looked up to him. **Who acts:** Herr, peafield, Sachsa, greatest amazement · **What happens:** stand, watch, neighbour, ring out, strike, advise · **To what, where:** peafield, stranger, air, greatest amazement, Herr 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 (Herr, peafield, Sachsa, greatest amazement), 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:pg74323:23:7 # text = Herr Adam stood early in his peafield watching, and as the bell in the neighbouring Sachsa rang out the midnight hour, he struck, as the stranger had advised, with the willow rod he had brought with him up and down in the air, and soon saw, with the greatest amazement, two tiny beings, who, with folded hands and terrified mien, looked up to him. 1 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 peafield peafield NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 nmod _ _ 16 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 Sachsa Sachsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 advised advise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 down down ADV RB _ 42 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 56 amod _ _ 56 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 nummod _ _ 59 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 62 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 71 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 amod _ _ 66 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 mien mien NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 71 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 72 up up ADP RP _ 71 compound:prt _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Herr | | | Herr's peafield | | as the bell in the; early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in peafield=Location | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | Herr's peafield *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ring out** | past | Sachsa | | | | hour | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **strike** | past | Sachsa | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 6 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the stranger | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect | Sachsa | | | the air | | with the willow rod; with Herr | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | past | Sachsa *not said here* | the greatest amazement and two tiny beings | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer amazement=Stimulus | | 9 | **fold** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **look up** | past | the greatest amazement and two tiny beings | | Herr | | | folded hands and terrified mien *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/8/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)