--- title: The second day she came again, from her head half in human form addr… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The second day she came again, from her head half in human form addressed the shepherd, and told him he must take courage the next day and kiss the serpent, when he would thereby become always fortunate and happy. Who acts: serpent, head, shepherd. 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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 (serpent, head, shepherd), 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:pg74323:25:17 # text = The second day she came again, from her head half in human form addressed the shepherd, and told him he must take courage the next day and kiss the serpent, when he would thereby become always fortunate and happy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 10 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | serpent | | | | again; day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **address** | past | serpent's head in human form | | the shepherd | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Destination | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | serpent *not said here* | | shepherd | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | must | shepherd | courage | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 5 | **kiss** | infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | the serpent | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Co-Agent | | 6 | **become** | would | shepherd | | | | | fortunate, thereby *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/18/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)