--- title: Surprised to hear his mother tongue so purely spoken by Americans, a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Surprised to hear his mother tongue so purely spoken by Americans, as he imagined, he approached them, addressed the lady, started, and instantly recognized the Princess Charlotte of Blankenburg, whom he had long years reckoned among the dead. Who acts: chance, Princess Charlotte. 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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 (chance, Princess Charlotte), 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:pg74323:3:74 # text = Surprised to hear his mother tongue so purely spoken by Americans, as he imagined, he approached them, addressed the lady, started, and instantly recognized the Princess Charlotte of Blankenburg, whom he had long years reckoned among the dead. 1 Surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 purely purely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Americans American PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 imagined imagine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Charlotte Charlotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Blankenburg Blankenburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 42 among among ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | chance's mother tongue | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tongue=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | by Americans; purely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **imagine** | past | chance | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **approach** | past | chance | tears *= tear* | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **address** | past | chance *not said here* | | the lady | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Destination | | 6 | **start** | past | chance *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **recognize** | past | chance *not said here* | the Princess Charlotte of Blankenburg | | | | instantly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer charlotte=Stimulus | | 8 | **have** | past | chance | the Princess Charlotte of Blankenburg | | | year | | tree rules | | 9 | **reckon** | participle | the Princess Charlotte of Blankenburg *not said here* | | | | | among the dead | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/75/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)