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title: Long the fields near the three trees thrived above all others, and a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Long the fields near the three trees thrived above all others, and at night three maiden forms could be seen following the plough in the moonlight. Who acts: fields. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 7, with its dependency tree and the
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 33

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Long the fields near the three trees thrived above all others, and at night three maiden forms could be seen following the plough in the moonlight.

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**Who acts:** fields · **What happens:** thrive, see, follow · **To what, where:** others, three maiden forms, plough, moonlight

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fields), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:24:33
# text = Long the fields near the three trees thrived above all others, and at night three maiden forms could be seen following the plough in the moonlight.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	thrived	thrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
17	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
22	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thrive** | participle | the fields near the three trees |  |  | all others |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above other=Location |
| 2 | **see** | could · passive |  | three maiden forms |  |  | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  | the plough |  | the moonlight |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plough=Theme in moonlight=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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