--- title: There is a legend that the battle was lost through the Count von Man… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: There is a legend that the battle was lost through the Count von Mannsfeld, who seeing his men flee, exclaimed, placing his hand on a rock at his side, "This rock shall turn into wax before I move from the spot!" when immediately the soft wax yielded to the pressure, and took the print of his hand, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/21/) [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/) / 21 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 21 There is a legend that the battle was lost through the Count von Mannsfeld, who seeing his men flee, exclaimed, placing his hand on a rock at his side, "This rock shall turn into wax before I move from the spot!" when immediately the soft wax yielded to the pressure, and took the print of his hand, and he fled in terror and fell under the Saxon swords. **Who acts:** legend, Count von, men, rock, Others, wax · **What happens:** be, lose, see, flee, exclaim, place · **To what, where:** battle, Count von, hand, rock, wax, spot · **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 (legend, Count von, men, rock), 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:pg74323:3:21 # text = There is a legend that the battle was lost through the Count von Mannsfeld, who seeing his men flee, exclaimed, placing his hand on a rock at his side, "This rock shall turn into wax before I move from the spot!" when immediately the soft wax yielded to the pressure, and took the print of his hand, and he fled in terror and fell under the Saxon swords. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 von von PROPN NNP _ 9 obl _ _ 14 Mannsfeld Mannsfeld PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 flee flee VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 50 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 54 yielded yield VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 conj _ _ 74 under under ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 Saxon Saxon ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a legend | | | there | | the soft wax *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | past · passive | a legend *not said here* | the battle | | the Count von | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | gerund | the Count von | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **flee** | present | legend's men | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | participle | a legend *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **place** | gerund | a legend *not said here* | legend's hand | | a rock | | at legend's side | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on rock=Destination | | 7 | **turn** *in a quote* | shall | this rock | | | wax | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wax=Trajectory | | 8 | **move** *in a quote* | present | Others *= other* | | | the spot | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from spot=Trajectory | | 9 | **yield** | participle | | the soft wax *not said here* | | | | to the pressure | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pressure=Theme | | 10 | **take** | past | | the print of legend's hand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent print=Theme | | 11 | **flee** | past | wax | | | terror | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **fall** | past | wax *not said here* | | | the Saxon swords | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sword=Location | | 13 | **print** | | | legend's hand | | | | | nom print «communication 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/22/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)