--- title: But the lovers were betrayed to Thusnelda's father, the wild and sav… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But the lovers were betrayed to Thusnelda's father, the wild and savage Luitprand, and he, in fury, having promised her to a companion in arms, shut her up in a gloomy room, deaf to all her entreaties, and laid in wait for Egbert; but Egbert assembled all the Christians of the neighbourhood, and set --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/) / 2 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 2 But the lovers were betrayed to Thusnelda's father, the wild and savage Luitprand, and he, in fury, having promised her to a companion in arms, shut her up in a gloomy room, deaf to all her entreaties, and laid in wait for Egbert; but Egbert assembled all the Christians of the neighbourhood, and set off in the night to storm Luitprand's castle. **Who acts:** having, Egbert · **What happens:** betray, have, promise, shut up, lay, assemble · **To what, where:** lovers, fury, Egbert, companion, gloomy room, wait · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (having, Egbert), 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:pg74323:3:2 # text = But the lovers were betrayed to Thusnelda's father, the wild and savage Luitprand, and he, in fury, having promised her to a companion in arms, shut her up in a gloomy room, deaf to all her entreaties, and laid in wait for Egbert; but Egbert assembled all the Christians of the neighbourhood, and set off in the night to storm Luitprand's castle. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 betrayed betray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Thusnelda Thusnelda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 Luitprand Luitprand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 csubj _ _ 24 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Egbert Egbert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 Egbert Egbert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 65 off off ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 storm storm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 71 Luitprand Luitprand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betray** | past · passive | | the lovers | | fury Thusnelda | | to Thusnelda's father | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | having | | Egbert | | | to a companion in arms *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent she=Theme to companion=Goal | | 4 | **shut up** | infinitive | | Egbert | | a gloomy room | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | participle | | | | wait for Egbert | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wait=Destination | | 6 | **assemble** | past | Egbert | all Christians of the neighbourhood | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent christian=Theme | | 7 | **set off** | past | Egbert *not said here* | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **storm** | to-infinitive | Egbert *not said here* | Luitprand's castle | | | | | tree rules | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/3/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)