--- title: The two shepherds repaired to the Abbess of the St. Servatius Conven… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The two shepherds repaired to the Abbess of the St. Servatius Convent in Quedlinburg, related what had occurred, and expressed a wish that two towers should be built on the new Nikolai[1] church with the found treasure. Who acts: two shepherds. 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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 (two shepherds), 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:pg74323:24:78 # text = The two shepherds repaired to the Abbess of the St. Servatius Convent in Quedlinburg, related what had occurred, and expressed a wish that two towers should be built on the new Nikolai[1] church with the found treasure. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 4 repaired repair VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Abbess Abbess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:desc _ _ 11 Servatius Servatius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Convent Convent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Quedlinburg Quedlinburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 occurred occur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Nikolai Nikolai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repair** | participle | | the two shepherds *not said here* | | | | the Abbess of the Servatius Convent St. in Quedlinburg *obl:agent* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **occur** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | what *nsubj:pass* | tree rules | | 3 | **express** | past | the two shepherds | a wish | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 4 | **build** | should · passive | | two towers | | the new Nikolai | | a wish *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product | | 5 | **find** | participle | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/79/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)