--- title: Then came the old Hibich, took him by the hand, and said: "As thou h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Then came the old Hibich, took him by the hand, and said: "As thou hast been on the summit of the Hibichenstein, and hast suffered so much anxiety and terror, thou shalt also see the Dwarf-King's castle." Who acts: old Hibich, thou. 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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 (old Hibich, thou), 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:pg74323:25:77 # text = Then came the old Hibich, took him by the hand, and said: "As thou hast been on the summit of the Hibichenstein, and hast suffered so much anxiety and terror, thou shalt also see the Dwarf-King's castle." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Hibich Hibich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 As as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 19 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Hibichenstein Hibichenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 Dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the old Hibich | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | the old Hibich *not said here* | | Hibich | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | thou | | | the summit | | of the Hibichenstein | tree rules | | 5 | **suffer** *in a quote* | present · passive | | much anxiety and terror | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: anxiety=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | thou | the Dwarf King's castle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/78/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)