--- title: At the entrance to this church, half hidden by wild briars, trees, a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the entrance to this church, half hidden by wild briars, trees, and ivy, he saw his son standing with a look of amazement and with an uncertain air, for he too had never discovered these ruins, and curiosity and fear of enchantment fought a sharp contest in his breast. 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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 (church, son, curiosity), 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:pg74323:24:65 # text = At the entrance to this church, half hidden by wild briars, trees, and ivy, he saw his son standing with a look of amazement and with an uncertain air, for he too had never discovered these ruins, and curiosity and fear of enchantment fought a sharp contest in his breast. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 conj _ _ 9 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 briars briar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 ivy ivy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 uncertain uncertain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 41 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 contest contest NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | | half *not said here* | | | | by wild briars and trees | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by briar=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | church | church's son | | the entrance to this church and half and ivy | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | church's son *not said here* | | | | | with a look of amazement and a uncertain air | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **discover** | past · perfect | church | this ruins | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruin=Topic | | 5 | **fight** | past | curiosity and fear of enchantment | a sharp contest | | church's breast | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Co-Agent | | 6 | **fear** | | | enchantment | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/66/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)