--- title: Where the flower grew, now stood, sweetly smiling, in swan-white gar… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Where the flower grew, now stood, sweetly smiling, in swan-white garments, a graceful maiden, who looked kindly on the lovers, and, pointing to a vault at the base of the tower, in which glittered gold and silver vessels of all sorts, stooped and handed one piece after another to the astonished love --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/61/) [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/) / 61 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 61 Where the flower grew, now stood, sweetly smiling, in swan-white garments, a graceful maiden, who looked kindly on the lovers, and, pointing to a vault at the base of the tower, in which glittered gold and silver vessels of all sorts, stooped and handed one piece after another to the astonished lovers, who took the costly gifts as in a dream. **Who acts:** flower, graceful maiden, astonished lovers · **What happens:** grow, stand, smile, look, point, glitter · **To what, where:** swan white garments, vault, base, gold, one piece, astonished lovers 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 (flower, graceful maiden, astonished lovers), 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:pg74323:6:61 # text = Where the flower grew, now stood, sweetly smiling, in swan-white garments, a graceful maiden, who looked kindly on the lovers, and, pointing to a vault at the base of the tower, in which glittered gold and silver vessels of all sorts, stooped and handed one piece after another to the astonished lovers, who took the costly gifts as in a dream. 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 graceful graceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 glittered glitter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 45 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 56 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 55 obl _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 70 as as ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the flower | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | the flower *not said here* | | | | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **smile** | gerund | the flower *not said here* | swan white garments | | | | sweetly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Topic | | 4 | **look** | past | a graceful maiden | | | | | on the lovers; kindly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on lover=Theme | | 5 | **point** | gerund | the flower *not said here* | | a vault | the base of the tower | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to vault=Recipient | | 6 | **glitter** | past | | gold and silver vessels of all sorts | | | | which *nsubj* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 7 | **stoop** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hand** | past | | one piece | | the astonished lovers | after another | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme to lover=Destination | | 9 | **take** | past | the astonished lovers | the costly gifts | | | | as a dream | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent gift=Theme as dream=Attribute | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/62/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)