--- title: The way he had to take was perfectly strange to him, although he had… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The way he had to take was perfectly strange to him, although he had often been in the same wood before; also the forest seemed very much altered; in the place of the young, slender trees, stood primeval, mighty oaks, and under their deep shades, through an opening in the trees, rose the grey dilapi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/64/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/) / 64 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 64 The way he had to take was perfectly strange to him, although he had often been in the same wood before; also the forest seemed very much altered; in the place of the young, slender trees, stood primeval, mighty oaks, and under their deep shades, through an opening in the trees, rose the grey dilapidated walls of a ruined church. **Who acts:** wolf, way, forest, oaks · **What happens:** have, take, be, seem, alter, stand · **To what, where:** way, wolf, same wood, primeval, place, grey dilapidated walls 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 (wolf, way, forest, oaks), 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:pg74323:24:64 # text = The way he had to take was perfectly strange to him, although he had often been in the same wood before; also the forest seemed very much altered; in the place of the young, slender trees, stood primeval, mighty oaks, and under their deep shades, through an opening in the trees, rose the grey dilapidated walls of a ruined church. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 although although SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 42 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 43 primeval primeval NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 oaks oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 49 under under ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 shades shade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 through through ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 61 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 63 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 64 dilapidated dilapidate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 amod _ _ 65 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 amod _ _ 69 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | wolf | the way *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the way *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the way | | wolf | | | perfectly, strange *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | wolf | | | the same wood | | before, often *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | the forest | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **alter** | participle | the forest *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **stand** | past | | primeval and mighty oaks | | the place of the young slender trees | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent primeval=Theme in place=Destination | | 8 | **rise** | past | | the grey dilapidated walls of a ruined church | | oaks's deep shades | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wall=Theme | | 9 | **dilapidate** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **shade** | | oaks *= oak* | | | | | | nom shade «state 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/65/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)