--- title: A powerful Kaiser was come into the district with a vast retinue and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: A powerful Kaiser was come into the district with a vast retinue and an army, had built himself a Burg on the banks of the Bode, and bestowed the land on his followers, who were to cut down trees, drain swamps, and transform the wilderness into a fruitful plain. Who acts: followers. 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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 (followers), 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:pg74323:24:1 # text = A powerful Kaiser was come into the district with a vast retinue and an army, had built himself a Burg on the banks of the Bode, and bestowed the land on his followers, who were to cut down trees, drain swamps, and transform the wilderness into a fruitful plain. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Kaiser kaiser NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Burg Burg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 drain drain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 45 swamps swamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 transform transform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | | a powerful Kaiser | | the district with a vast retinue and a army | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **build** | past · perfect | | Kaiser | | the banks of the Bode | | a Burg *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary burg=Product | | 3 | **bestow** | past | | the land | | Kaiser's followers | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cut down** | past | Kaiser's followers | trees | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product | | 5 | **drain** | present | | swamps | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent swamp=Source | | 6 | **transform** | infinitive | | the wilderness | | | | into a fruitful plain *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent wilderness=Patient into plain=Result | 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: [A Historical Tale., part 6, 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/103/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/2/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)