--- title: As May entered it through the Gothic door, scarcely high enough to p… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: As May entered it through the Gothic door, scarcely high enough to pass under without stooping, the first object on which her eyes fell was a crimson morocco sketch-book, closing like a pocket-book, nearly filled with sketches. Who acts: May, eyes, crimson morocco sketch book. 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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 (May, eyes, crimson morocco sketch book), 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:pg74323:4:96 # text = As May entered it through the Gothic door, scarcely high enough to pass under without stooping, the first object on which her eyes fell was a crimson morocco sketch-book, closing like a pocket-book, nearly filled with sketches. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 12 enough enough ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 15 under under ADP IN _ 14 obl _ _ 16 without without SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 29 crimson crimson ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 30 morocco morocco NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 31 sketch sketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 sketches sketch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | May | Fowler | | the Gothic door | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | May *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stoop** | gerund | | the first object | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location object=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | guard's eyes | | | the first object | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on which=Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | | a crimson morocco sketch book | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **close** | gerund | a crimson morocco sketch book *not said here* | | | | | like a pocket book | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **fill** | participle | | a pocket book *not said here* | | | | with sketches; nearly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sketch=Instrument | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/97/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)