--- title: "The son of an Earl had fallen in love with the daughter of the Ritt… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "The son of an Earl had fallen in love with the daughter of the Ritter who dwelt ages ago in Schloss Treseburg, and came every day and stood on the summit of the Hagedorn, and gazed across to the Treseburg, to see if he could catch a glimpse of the maiden, or a greeting from her. 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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 (son, Ritter), 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:pg74323:6:95 # text = "The son of an Earl had fallen in love with the daughter of the Ritter who dwelt ages ago in Schloss Treseburg, and came every day and stood on the summit of the Hagedorn, and gazed across to the Treseburg, to see if he could catch a glimpse of the maiden, or a greeting from her. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Earl Earl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Ritter ritter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 ago ago ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Schloss Schloss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 Treseburg Treseburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Hagedorn Hagedorn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 40 across across ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Treseburg Treseburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 60 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the son of a Earl | | | love | | with the daughter of the Ritter | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 2 | **dwell** *in a quote* | past | the Ritter | | | Schloss | | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in schloss=Location | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the son of a Earl *not said here* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | the son of a Earl *not said here* | | | the summit of the Hagedorn | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on summit=Location | | 5 | **gaze** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | to the Treseburg; across *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to treseburg=Theme | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | son | a glimpse of the maiden | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | | 8 | **glimpse** *in a quote* | | | the maiden | | | | | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/96/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)