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title: There is a tradition that the holy Vehm,[1] or Fehm, formerly held h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: There is a tradition that the holy Vehm,[1] or Fehm, formerly held her court also in the Teufelsmauer, not far from the majestic Reinstein. Who acts: tradition, holy Vehm. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 2, with its dependency tree a
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 8

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There is a tradition that the holy Vehm,\[1\] or Fehm, formerly held her court also in the Teufelsmauer, not far from the majestic Reinstein.

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**Who acts:** tradition, holy Vehm · **What happens:** be, hold · **To what, where:** court, Teufelsmauer

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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 (tradition, holy Vehm), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:3:8
# text = There is a tradition that the holy Vehm,[1] or Fehm, formerly held her court also in the Teufelsmauer, not far from the majestic Reinstein.
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	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Vehm	Vehm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Fehm	Fehm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	also	also	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Teufelsmauer	Teufelsmauer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	advmod	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	Reinstein	Reinstein	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a tradition |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | past | the holy Vehm or Fehm *not said here* | tradition's court |  | the Teufelsmauer |  | formerly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent court=Theme in teufelsmauer=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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