--- title: "Among the heaps of the slain, stumbling over horse and rider, we se… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Among the heaps of the slain, stumbling over horse and rider, we searched till night grew pale before the dawn, and then we found what we sought--and dreaded to find--Franz dead, and Olga lying with her head on his breast, in a deathly swoon, her garments wet with dew, and her long beautiful hair f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/) / 85 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 85 "Among the heaps of the slain, stumbling over horse and rider, we searched till night grew pale before the dawn, and then we found what we sought--and dreaded to find--Franz dead, and Olga lying with her head on his breast, in a deathly swoon, her garments wet with dew, and her long beautiful hair falling over her dead husband's face. **Who acts:** heaps, night, we, Olga, garments, long beautiful hair · **What happens:** stumble, search, grow, find, seek, dread · **To what, where:** breast, face · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (heaps, night, we, Olga), 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:pg74323:5:85 # text = "Among the heaps of the slain, stumbling over horse and rider, we searched till night grew pale before the dawn, and then we found what we sought--and dreaded to find--Franz dead, and Olga lying with her head on his breast, in a deathly swoon, her garments wet with dew, and her long beautiful hair falling over her dead husband's face. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Among among ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 stumbling stumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 20 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dreaded dread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Franz Franz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 Olga Olga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 deathly deathly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 swoon swoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 wet wet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 64 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 65 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 68 over over ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 69 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 70 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stumble** *in a quote* | gerund | the heaps of the slain *not said here* | | | | | over horse and rider | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over horse=Trajectory | | 2 | **search** *in a quote* | past | the heaps of the slain | | | | | we *nsubj* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | night | | | | dawn | pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | then | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **seek** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | what *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 6 | **dread** *in a quote* | past | the heaps of the slain *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the heaps of the slain *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lie** *in a quote* | gerund | Olga | | | Franz's breast | | with Olga's head; a deathly swoon *parataxis* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on breast=Location | | 9 | **wet** *in a quote* | present | Olga's garments | | | | | with dew | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dew=Instrument | | 10 | **fall** *in a quote* | gerund | Olga's long beautiful hair | | | Olga's dead husband's face | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over face=Location | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/86/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)