--- title: But who shall describe her amazement when she saw the town of Wernig… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But who shall describe her amazement when she saw the town of Wernigerode directly beneath, and on closer observation found that the old tower Haarburg had been moved in the night to the mountain where her husband had so earnestly desired to have it. Who acts: Countess, husband. 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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 (Countess, husband), 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:pg74323:23:94 # text = But who shall describe her amazement when she saw the town of Wernigerode directly beneath, and on closer observation found that the old tower Haarburg had been moved in the night to the mountain where her husband had so earnestly desired to have it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Wernigerode Wernigerode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 directly directly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 observation observation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 Haarburg Haarburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | shall | | Countess's amazement | | | | who *nsubj* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent amazement=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Countess | the town of Wernigerode | | | | beneath *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer town=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** | past | | | | closer observation | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **move** | past · perfect · passive | | the old tower | | the mountain | night | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to mountain=Trajectory | | 5 | **have** | past | Countess's husband | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **desire** | participle | Countess's husband *not said here* | | | | | earnestly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Countess's husband *not said here* | tower | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **amaze** | | Countess | | | | | | nom amazement «feeling 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/94/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)