--- title: In 1115 the battle of Welfsholz--not far from the village of Warnste… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: In 1115 the battle of Welfsholz--not far from the village of Warnstedt, nestling in the shadow of the Devil's Wall--was fought between the Kaiser and the allied princes of Saxony, in which the imperial forces were routed. Who acts: village. 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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 (village), 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:pg74323:3:20 # text = In 1115 the battle of Welfsholz--not far from the village of Warnstedt, nestling in the shadow of the Devil's Wall--was fought between the Kaiser and the allied princes of Saxony, in which the imperial forces were routed. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1115 1115 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Welfsholz Welfsholz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Warnstedt Warnstedt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 nestling nestle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 Wall Wall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 allied ally VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Saxony Saxony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 routed rout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nestle** | gerund | the village of Warnstedt *not said here* | | | the shadow of the Devil's Wall | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shadow=Location | | 2 | **fight** | past · passive | | the battle of Welfsholz | | 1115 | | between the Kaiser and the allied princes of Saxony | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | | 3 | **ally** | participle | | | | | | | vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rout** | past · passive | | the imperial forces | | | | which *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **battle** | | | Welfsholz | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **shadow** | | | the Devil's Wall | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/21/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)