--- title: He was present as the owner of the estate Winatahusen in Thale, had… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He was present as the owner of the estate Winatahusen in Thale, had removed the wonder-stone, on which the good fortune of the estate hangs, and had seen how sixteen horses and hundreds of men had only with difficulty moved it; while the heavens had grown dark, and the storm threatened to destroy th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/47/) [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/) / 47 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 47 He was present as the owner of the estate Winatahusen in Thale, had removed the wonder-stone, on which the good fortune of the estate hangs, and had seen how sixteen horses and hundreds of men had only with difficulty moved it; while the heavens had grown dark, and the storm threatened to destroy the buildings, and only misfortune followed misfortune, till the stone was restored to the ancient convent estate. **Who acts:** doch, good fortune, difficulty, heavens, storm, misfortune · **What happens:** be, remove, hang, see, move, grow · **To what, where:** wonder stone, sixteen horses, fortune, buildings, misfortune, stone 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 (doch, good fortune, difficulty, heavens), 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:pg74323:6:47 # text = He was present as the owner of the estate Winatahusen in Thale, had removed the wonder-stone, on which the good fortune of the estate hangs, and had seen how sixteen horses and hundreds of men had only with difficulty moved it; while the heavens had grown dark, and the storm threatened to destroy the buildings, and only misfortune followed misfortune, till the stone was restored to the ancient convent estate. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 Winatahusen Winatahusen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Thale Thale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 35 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 while while SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 53 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 buildings building NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 only only ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 68 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 till till SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 parataxis _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 77 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 78 convent convent NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | doch | | | | | as the owner of the estate; present *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remove** | past · perfect | doch *not said here* | the wonder stone | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 3 | **hang** | present | the good fortune of the estate | | | | | which *obl* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | the good fortune of the estate *not said here* | sixteen horses and hundreds of men | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 5 | **move** | past | difficulty | fortune | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past · perfect | the heavens | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **threaten** | participle | the storm | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **destroy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the storm *not said here* | the buildings | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient | | 9 | **follow** | past | misfortune | misfortune | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Theme | | 10 | **restore** | past · passive | | the stone | the ancient convent estate | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to estate=Recipient | 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/pg74323/6/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/48/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)