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title: Her friend introduced the stranger as the Countess von Omnesky, a la… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Her friend introduced the stranger as the Countess von Omnesky, a lady of Russian birth, but who had been partly educated in England, her father having long filled an official position there under the Russian Government. Who acts: friend, father. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountain
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 35

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Her friend introduced the stranger as the Countess von Omnesky, a lady of Russian birth, but who had been partly educated in England, her father having long filled an official position there under the Russian Government.

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**Who acts:** friend, father · **What happens:** introduce, be, have, fill · **To what, where:** stranger, England, official position

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:5:35
# text = Her friend introduced the stranger as the Countess von Omnesky, a lady of Russian birth, but who had been partly educated in England, her father having long filled an official position there under the Russian Government.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Countess	Countess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	von	von	PROPN	NNP	_	8	flat	_	_
10	Omnesky	Omnesky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
21	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	_	_
22	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	parataxis	_	_
29	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	acl	_	_
30	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	31	advmod	_	_
31	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	advcl	_	_
32	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
36	under	under	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	Government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past | Creator's friend | the stranger |  |  |  | as the Countess Omnesky | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect |  |  |  | England |  | who *nsubj*; friend's father *parataxis*; educated, partly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | friend's father *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fill** | participle | friend's father *not said here* | a official position |  |  |  | long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent position=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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