--- title: They had often heard their parents and grandparents relate how once,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: They had often heard their parents and grandparents relate how once, in the greyest times, a maiden had been carried off by the Ritter of the Lauenburg, and in the hour of her greatest danger had been rescued from his power by transformation into a flower, which bloomed every year a single day, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/27/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/) / 27 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 27 They had often heard their parents and grandparents relate how once, in the greyest times, a maiden had been carried off by the Ritter of the Lauenburg, and in the hour of her greatest danger had been rescued from his power by transformation into a flower, which bloomed every year a single day, and the maiden came and wandered a single night through the ruins. **Who acts:** parents, Ritter, transformation, flower, maiden · **What happens:** hear, relate, carry off, rescue, bloom, come · **To what, where:** children, maiden, power, ruins This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parents, Ritter, transformation, flower), 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:pg74323:6:27 # text = They had often heard their parents and grandparents relate how once, in the greyest times, a maiden had been carried off by the Ritter of the Lauenburg, and in the hour of her greatest danger had been rescued from his power by transformation into a flower, which bloomed every year a single day, and the maiden came and wandered a single night through the ruins. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 relate relate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 greyest grey ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ritter ritter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Lauenburg Lauenburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 transformation transformation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 bloomed bloom VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ _ 68 through through ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | children *= child* | | | time | often *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **relate** | present | children's parents and grandparents | | | | | once *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | the Ritter of the Lauenburg | a maiden | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | transformation | | | John's power | hour | into a flower | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from power=Source | | 5 | **bloom** | past | a flower | | | | day; year | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wander** | past | the maiden *not said here* | | | the ruins | night | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through ruin=Trajectory | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/28/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)