--- title: The death of her devoted man-servant, who had been of such service,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The death of her devoted man-servant, who had been of such service, caused her many tears, and d'Aubert devoted himself to her, became her chief prop and stay, and at length the royal widow rewarded him with her hand. Who acts: devoted man servant, death, d'Aubert, royal widow. 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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 (devoted man servant, death, d'Aubert, royal widow), 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:pg74323:3:70 # text = The death of her devoted man-servant, who had been of such service, caused her many tears, and d'Aubert devoted himself to her, became her chief prop and stay, and at length the royal widow rewarded him with her hand. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 d'Aubert d'aubert NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 devoted devote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 prop prop NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 rewarded reward VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | death's devoted man servant | | | | | of such service | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | past | the death of death's devoted man servant | many tears | bridegroom | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer she=Theme tear=Eventuality | | 3 | **devote** | past | d'Aubert | d'Aubert | death | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to she=Goal | | 4 | **become** | past | d'Aubert *not said here* | death's chief prop | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **stay** | infinitive | d'Aubert *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reward** | past | the royal widow | | d'Aubert | length | | with death's hand | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with hand=Theme | | 7 | **die** | | death's devoted man servant | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)