--- title: One day the sorrowing novice, unhappily, by accident discovered how… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: One day the sorrowing novice, unhappily, by accident discovered how unworthily the Abbess filled her sacred office, and how great the immorality of the nuns had become, and the Abbess, to render Lina powerless to injure her, resolved to destroy her. Who acts: Abbess, immorality. 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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 (Abbess, immorality), 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:pg74323:3:95 # text = One day the sorrowing novice, unhappily, by accident discovered how unworthily the Abbess filled her sacred office, and how great the immorality of the nuns had become, and the Abbess, to render Lina powerless to injure her, resolved to destroy her. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sorrowing sorrow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 novice novice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 unhappily unhappily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 11 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 unworthily unworthily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Abbess Abbess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 immorality immorality NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 nuns nun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Abbess Abbess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 render render VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 38 Lina Lina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 powerless powerless NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sorrow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **discover** | past | | | | | | by accident; unhappily *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **fill** | past | the Abbess | Abbess's sacred office | | | | unworthily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent office=Patient | | 4 | **become** | past · perfect | the immorality of the nuns | | | | | great *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **render** | to-infinitive | the Abbess | Lina powerless | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent powerless=Theme | | 6 | **injure** | to-infinitive | the Abbess *not said here* | Abbess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **resolve** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | | Abbess | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/96/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)