--- title: Before they could recover from their astonishment, the dogs began ag… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Before they could recover from their astonishment, the dogs began again to scratch the ground in the same spot, and soon a second chest came to view, in which the shepherds found golden goblets, candlesticks, and other sacred vessels of immense value. Who acts: Shepherds, dogs, second chest. 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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 (Shepherds, dogs, second chest), 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:pg74323:24:76 # text = Before they could recover from their astonishment, the dogs began again to scratch the ground in the same spot, and soon a second chest came to view, in which the shepherds found golden goblets, candlesticks, and other sacred vessels of immense value. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 view view VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 candlesticks candlestick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | could | Shepherds *= shepherd* | | | Shepherds's astonishment | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from astonishment=Source | | 2 | **begin** | past | the dogs | | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **scratch** | to-infinitive | the dogs *not said here* | the ground | | the same spot | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ground=Theme in spot=Destination | | 4 | **come** | past | a second chest | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **view** | to-infinitive | a second chest *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | past | the shepherds | golden goblets and candlesticks | | | | other sacred vessels of immense value *obl*; which *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goblet=Topic | | 7 | **astonish** | | Shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/77/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)