--- title: The company sat grouped here and there under the clumps of old beech… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The company sat grouped here and there under the clumps of old beeches and oaks, the deer cast their shadows in the clear lake, graced with swans, and somewhere in the background the music of a military Capelle floated softly on the air. Who acts: deer, music. 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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 (deer, music), 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:pg74323:4:106 # text = The company sat grouped here and there under the clumps of old beeches and oaks, the deer cast their shadows in the clear lake, graced with swans, and somewhere in the background the music of a military Capelle floated softly on the air. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 grouped group VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 clumps clump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 beeches beech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 oaks oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 graced grace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 background background NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Capelle Capelle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 softly softly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **group** | past · passive | | the company | | the clumps of old beeches and oaks; here; there | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **cast** | present | the deer | deer's shadows | | the clear lake | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shadow=Theme in lake=Destination | | 3 | **grace** | participle | | the clear lake *not said here* | | | | with swans | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with swan=Theme | | 4 | **float** | past | the music of a military Capelle | | | the background | | on the air; softly, somewhere *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in background=Source on air=Trajectory | | 5 | **shadow** | | deer | | | | | | nom shadow «state 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/107/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)