--- title: "We explained to the elder Miss Mac Stab, who wore a couple of pig-t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "We explained to the elder Miss Mac Stab, who wore a couple of pig-tail curls each side of her face, that our trunks were lost, but we hoped would be found in a day or two. Who acts: We, elder Miss Mac, couple. 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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 (We, elder Miss Mac, couple), 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:pg74323:5:47 # text = "We explained to the elder Miss Mac Stab, who wore a couple of pig-tail curls each side of her face, that our trunks were lost, but we hoped would be found in a day or two. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 Stab Stab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 curls curl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 20 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | We | | the elder Miss Mac | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to mac=Recipient | | 2 | **wear** *in a quote* | past | the elder Miss Mac | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **curl** *in a quote* | present | a couple of pig tail | each side of couple's face | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | past · passive | | our trunks | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **hope** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | would · passive | | | | | day | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/48/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)