--- title: This would be most easily accomplished by permitting a meeting with… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: This would be most easily accomplished by permitting a meeting with her lover after she had assumed the veil, surprise her, accuse her of breaking her vow, and then wall her up alive. Who acts: Abbess. 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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), 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:pg74323:3:97 # text = This would be most easily accomplished by permitting a meeting with her lover after she had assumed the veil, surprise her, accuse her of breaking her vow, and then wall her up alive. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 easily easily ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 permitting permit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 assumed assume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 surprise surprise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 accuse accuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 36 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accomplish up** | would · passive | | This | | | | wall Abbess *obl*; alive, easily *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **permit** | gerund | | a meeting | | | | with Abbess's lover | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme | | 3 | **assume** | past · perfect | Abbess | the veil | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Theme | | 4 | **surprise** | infinitive | | Abbess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **accuse** | infinitive | | Abbess | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **break** | gerund | | Abbess's vow | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient | | 7 | **vow** | | Abbess | | | | | | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/98/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)