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title: One day, hunting in the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe, w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: One day, hunting in the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe, which lies between Gernrode and Ballenstedt, when about to shoot a deer, the Saint saw a cross rise from the head of the animal, when he immediately lost his passion for hunting, and, according to the legend, "his only game became et
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 113

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One day, hunting in the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe, which lies between Gernrode and Ballenstedt, when about to shoot a deer, the Saint saw a cross rise from the head of the animal, when he immediately lost his passion for hunting, and, according to the legend, "his only game became eternity and heavenly bliss."

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**Who acts:** One day, mountain Hubertushöhe, Saint, only game · **What happens:** hunt, lie, shoot, see, lose, accord · **To what, where:** old oak wood, Gernrode, deer, cross rise, head, passion

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One day, mountain Hubertushöhe, Saint, only game), 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:pg74323:25:113
# text = One day, hunting in the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe, which lies between Gernrode and Ballenstedt, when about to shoot a deer, the Saint saw a cross rise from the head of the animal, when he immediately lost his passion for hunting, and, according to the legend, "his only game became eternity and heavenly bliss."
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Hubertushöhe	Hubertushöhe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	between	between	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Gernrode	Gernrode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Ballenstedt	Ballenstedt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	25	mark	_	_
23	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	parataxis	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	45	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	passion	passion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	case	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	fixed	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
62	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	conj	_	_
63	eternity	eternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	xcomp	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	bliss	bliss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | One day *not said here* |  |  | the old oak wood on the mountain Hubertushöhe |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |
| 2 | **lie** | present | the mountain Hubertushöhe |  |  | Gernrode and Ballenstedt |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between gernrode=Location |
| 3 | **shoot** | to-infinitive |  | a deer |  |  | day | accord the legend | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | past | the Saint | a cross rise |  | the head of the animal |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |
| 5 | **lose** | past | Saint | Saint's passion |  |  |  | for hunting; immediately *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passion=Eventuality |
| 6 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **become** *in a quote* | past | Saint's only game | eternity and heavenly bliss |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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