--- title: The reprobates approved of this diabolical plan, and as soon as Lina… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The reprobates approved of this diabolical plan, and as soon as Lina's novitiate was ended, and she had taken the final vows, they embraced the first opportunity, when Lindor was seen in the convent grounds, by giving Lina permission to walk in the garden. Who acts: reprobates, novitiate, 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 (reprobates, novitiate, 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:pg74323:3:98 # text = The reprobates approved of this diabolical plan, and as soon as Lina's novitiate was ended, and she had taken the final vows, they embraced the first opportunity, when Lindor was seen in the convent grounds, by giving Lina permission to walk in the garden. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reprobates reprobate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approved approve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 diabolical diabolical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 Lina Lina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 novitiate novitiate NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 34 Lindor Lindor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 convent convent NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 by by SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 44 Lina Lina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approve** | past | the reprobates | | | | | of this diabolical plan | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Lina's novitiate | | | | | ended, soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect | Abbess | the final vows | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | | 4 | **embrace** | past | reprobates *= reprobate* | the first opportunity | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Co-Agent | | 5 | **see** | past · passive | | Lindor | | the convent grounds | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | gerund | | Lina permission | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | | 7 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | | | the garden | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/99/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)