--- title: Heaps of rubbish and shapeless ruins lay scattered everywhere; scarc… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Heaps of rubbish and shapeless ruins lay scattered everywhere; scarcely could the wanderer break his way through the creepers of the common virgin's bower, and the prickles of the buckthorn over the moss-grown walls, to the broken tower. Who acts: wanderer. 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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 (wanderer), 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:pg74323:6:22 # text = Heaps of rubbish and shapeless ruins lay scattered everywhere; scarcely could the wanderer break his way through the creepers of the common virgin's bower, and the prickles of the buckthorn over the moss-grown walls, to the broken tower. 1 Heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 shapeless shapeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 creepers creeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prickles prickle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 buckthorn buckthorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | past · passive | | Heaps of rubbish and shapeless ruins | | | | to the broken tower the prickles of the buckthorn over the grown walls; everywhere *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **break** | could | the wanderer | wanderer's way | | the creepers of the common virgin's bower | | scarcely *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Patient | | 3 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | moss *compound* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/23/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)