--- title: Olga set off alone in her wild grief, to search on the battle-field,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Olga set off alone in her wild grief, to search on the battle-field, knowing we would not let her go; and when we first missed her, we had no idea how long she had been gone. Who acts: Olga, we. 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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 (Olga, we), 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:pg74323:5:82 # text = Olga set off alone in her wild grief, to search on the battle-field, knowing we would not let her go; and when we first missed her, we had no idea how long she had been gone. 1 Olga Olga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 30 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | Olga | | | Olga's wild grief | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **search** | to-infinitive | Olga *not said here* | | | the battle field | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on field=Location | | 3 | **know** | gerund | Olga *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **let** | would | we | Olga | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | Olga *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **miss** | past | we | Olga | | | | first *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | we | no idea | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | past · perfect · passive | | Olga | | | | long *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/83/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)