--- title: At length, one day, the Czar and Catherine being on a distant journe… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At length, one day, the Czar and Catherine being on a distant journey, Alexis rushed into Charlotte's presence, made the most brutal demands, struck her with his fists, kicked her repeatedly, and left her lying insensible. Who acts: Czar, Alexis. 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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 (Czar, Alexis), 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:pg74323:3:56 # text = At length, one day, the Czar and Catherine being on a distant journey, Alexis rushed into Charlotte's presence, made the most brutal demands, struck her with his fists, kicked her repeatedly, and left her lying insensible. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Czar Czar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Alexis Alexis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 Charlotte Charlotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 27 advmod _ _ 27 brutal brutal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 demands demand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 xcomp _ _ 44 insensible insensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | the Czar and Catherine | | | a distant journey | | at length and one day | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | past | Alexis | | | | | into Charlotte's presence *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into presence=Result | | 3 | **make** | past | | the brutal demands | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset demand=Product | | 4 | **strike** | past | | Alexis | | | | with Czar's fists | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with fist=Instrument | | 5 | **kick** | past | | Alexis | | | | repeatedly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | past | | Alexis | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | gerund | Alexis *not said here* | | | | | insensible *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/57/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)