--- title: Finally, when his joy had cooled, the forester's son decided to desc… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Finally, when his joy had cooled, the forester's son decided to descend, but could not leave the spot, for the Dwarf-King Hibich held him enchanted to the rock for his presumption. Who acts: son, Hibich. 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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 (son, Hibich), 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:pg74323:25:66 # text = Finally, when his joy had cooled, the forester's son decided to descend, but could not leave the spot, for the Dwarf-King Hibich held him enchanted to the rock for his presumption. 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 cooled cool VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 forester forester NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 descend descend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Hibich Hibich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 presumption presumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool** | past · perfect · passive | | son's joy | | | | finally *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **decide** | past | the forester's son | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **descend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the forester's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **leave** | could | | the spot | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | past | the Hibich Dwarf King | son | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **enchant** | participle | the Hibich Dwarf King *not said here* | | | | | to the rock for son's presumption | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **joy** | | son | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **presume** | | son | | | | | | nom presumption «cognition 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/67/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)