--- title: "As long as the great Hibichenstein remains the great, my crown is s… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "As long as the great Hibichenstein remains the great, my crown is secure; but so soon as it becomes the little Hibichenstein, I lose my crown, and can never appear on the earth again." Who acts: great Hibichenstein, crown, favour, Dwarf King. 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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 (great Hibichenstein, crown, favour, Dwarf King), 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:pg74323:25:89 # text = "As long as the great Hibichenstein remains the great, my crown is secure; but so soon as it becomes the little Hibichenstein, I lose my crown, and can never appear on the earth again." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Hibichenstein Hibichenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Hibichenstein Hibichenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | the great Hibichenstein | | | | | great, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my crown | | | | | secure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **become** *in a quote* | present | favour | | | | | the little Hibichenstein *xcomp*; soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | the Dwarf King *= king* | my crown | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **appear** *in a quote* | can | the Dwarf King *= king* *not said here* | | | the earth | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | | 6 | **crown** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **crown** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom crown «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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/90/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)