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title: The figures of the two shepherds and their dogs, hewn in the stone,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The figures of the two shepherds and their dogs, hewn in the stone, still look down upon the ancient, imperial city from these towers, where they were placed so many centuries ago as memorials of a somewhat unusual unselfishness. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Laud
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 84

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The figures of the two shepherds and their dogs, hewn in the stone, still look down upon the ancient, imperial city from these towers, where they were placed so many centuries ago as memorials of a somewhat unusual unselfishness.

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**What happens:** look down, place, figure · **To what, where:** figures, two shepherds

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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: 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:pg74323:24:84
# text = The figures of the two shepherds and their dogs, hewn in the stone, still look down upon the ancient, imperial city from these towers, where they were placed so many centuries ago as memorials of a somewhat unusual unselfishness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	hewn	hewn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
18	down	down	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
21	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl:relcl	_	_
33	so	so	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl:unmarked	_	_
36	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
37	as	as	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	memorials	memorial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	unselfishness	unselfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | still | upon the ancient imperial city from this towers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon city=Theme |
| 2 | **place** | past · passive |  | figures *= figure* |  |  |  | as memorials of a unusual unselfishness; ago *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **figure** |  |  | the two shepherds and Shepherds's dogs |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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