--- title: Lindor was not less unhappy; in vain he sought to approach his _Brau… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Lindor was not less unhappy; in vain he sought to approach his _Braut_, wandered round and round the convent walls, climbed the trees, and watched to catch a glimpse of her, all in vain. Who acts: Lindor. 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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 (Lindor), 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:pg74323:3:92 # text = Lindor was not less unhappy; in vain he sought to approach his _Braut_, wandered round and round the convent walls, climbed the trees, and watched to catch a glimpse of her, all in vain. 1 Lindor Lindor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 vain vain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Braut Braut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 round round ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 round round VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 convent convent NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Lindor | | | | | less, unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | past | Lindor | | | vain | | | tree rules | | 3 | **approach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lindor *not said here* | Lindor's Braut | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent braut=Theme | | 4 | **wander** | past | Lindor *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **round** | infinitive | Lindor *not said here* | the convent walls | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | | 6 | **climb** | past | Lindor *not said here* | the trees | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 7 | **watch** | past | Lindor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Lindor *not said here* | a glimpse of wall | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | | 9 | **glimpse** | | | wall | | | | | nom glimpse «act 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/93/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)