--- title: As they gave each other a parting embrace, Lina could not tear herse… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: As they gave each other a parting embrace, Lina could not tear herself from her lover's arms, and cried, "O Father in heaven! give me strength in this parting hour, and forgive me if my love is sin; but if it is not sin, bless our union." Who acts: clouds, Lina, O Father, love. 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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 (clouds, Lina, O Father, love), 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:pg74323:4:17 # text = As they gave each other a parting embrace, Lina could not tear herself from her lover's arms, and cried, "O Father in heaven! give me strength in this parting hour, and forgive me if my love is sin; but if it is not sin, bless our union." 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 embrace embrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 Lina Lina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 bless bless VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 union union NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | clouds *= cloud* | each | | | | a parting embrace *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **tear** | could | Lina | Abbess | | | | from Abbess's lover's arms | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent herself=Patient from arm=Co-Patient | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | O Father in heaven | strength | clouds *= cloud* | | hour | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient strength=Theme | | 5 | **forgive** *in a quote* | infinitive | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | clouds *= cloud* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | my love | sin | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | love | sin | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bless** *in a quote* | infinitive | | our union | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent union=Theme | | 9 | **love** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/18/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)