--- title: As soon as her first astonishment had passed, the Countess hastened… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as her first astonishment had passed, the Countess hastened to her still slumbering husband, led him to the window, and feasted her eyes on his boundless astonishment and joy. Who acts: first astonishment, 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 (first astonishment, 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:pg74323:23:95 # text = As soon as her first astonishment had passed, the Countess hastened to her still slumbering husband, led him to the window, and feasted her eyes on his boundless astonishment and joy. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Countess Countess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 slumbering slumber VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 feasted feast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 boundless boundless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect | Countess's first astonishment | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hasten** | past | the Countess | | | | | to Countess's slumbering husband *result*; soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to husband=Result | | 3 | **slumber** | gerund | | | | | still | | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lead** | past | the Countess *not said here* | husband | | the window | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to window=Destination | | 5 | **feast** | past | the Countess *not said here* | Countess's eyes | | husband's boundless astonishment and joy | | | tree rules | | 6 | **astonish** | | Countess | | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **astonish** | | husband | | | | | | nom astonishment «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/95/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)