--- title: It was a sultry Saturday evening, the sun had set, and had left, ins… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: It was a sultry Saturday evening, the sun had set, and had left, instead of a golden twilight, only a grey, cloudy veil, which, increased by the mountain mists, spread gradually over the entire heavens, proclaiming a coming thunder-storm. Who acts: novitiate, mountain mists. 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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 (novitiate, mountain mists), 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:pg74323:3:99 # text = It was a sultry Saturday evening, the sun had set, and had left, instead of a golden twilight, only a grey, cloudy veil, which, increased by the mountain mists, spread gradually over the entire heavens, proclaiming a coming thunder-storm. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 sultry sultry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 21 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 mists mist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 39 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 proclaiming proclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 amod _ _ 48 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | novitiate | a sultry Saturday evening | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | the sun | | | | a golden twilight *parataxis* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **increase** | participle · passive | the mountain mists | a grey cloudy veil | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient | | 5 | **spread** | participle | | the mountain mists *not said here* | | the entire heavens | | gradually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over heaven=Location | | 6 | **proclaim** | gerund | the mountain mists *not said here* | a coming thunder storm | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme | | 7 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/100/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)