--- title: As he reached the St. Nicholas Church, he heard the chanting of vesp… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: As he reached the St. Nicholas Church, he heard the chanting of vespers, rode through the open door into the church, and spurred on his horse till he had ridden through the congregation, whose vesper-chant changed to terror and dismay. Who acts: Three, congregation. 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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 (Three, congregation), 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:pg74323:25:101 # text = As he reached the St. Nicholas Church, he heard the chanting of vespers, rode through the open door into the church, and spurred on his horse till he had ridden through the congregation, whose vesper-chant changed to terror and dismay. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Nicholas Nicholas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chanting chanting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 vespers vesper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 spurred spur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 vesper vesper NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 chant chant NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 42 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 dismay dismay NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Three | the Nicholas Church St. | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent church=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | Three | the chanting of vespers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer chanting=Stimulus | | 3 | **ride** | past | Three *not said here* | | | the open door | | into the church | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through door=Trajectory | | 4 | **spur** | participle | Three *not said here* | | | | | on Three's horse | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ride** | past · perfect | Three | | | the congregation | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through congregation=Trajectory | | 6 | **change** | participle | | the congregation's vesper chant *not said here* | | | | to terror and dismay *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to terror=Result | | 7 | **chant** | | | vespers | | | | | nom chanting «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **chant** | | the congregation | | | | | | nom chant «communication 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/102/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)