--- title: "Just as he was about to detach the splendid antlers, to hang up in… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Just as he was about to detach the splendid antlers, to hang up in his castle--for a pair of antlers was his coat of arms--the Waldfrau, the powerful queen of the forest and all game, suddenly broke forth from the underbrush with indignation and wrath, for the dead stag had been her favourite, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/97/) [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/) / 97 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 97 "Just as he was about to detach the splendid antlers, to hang up in his castle--for a pair of antlers was his coat of arms--the Waldfrau, the powerful queen of the forest and all game, suddenly broke forth from the underbrush with indignation and wrath, for the dead stag had been her favourite, and cursed the youth in words of fury: **Who acts:** son, pair · **What happens:** be, detach, hang up, break, curse, word · **To what, where:** splendid antlers, castle, coat, youth, words, fury 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 (son, pair), 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:pg74323:6:97 # text = "Just as he was about to detach the splendid antlers, to hang up in his castle--for a pair of antlers was his coat of arms--the Waldfrau, the powerful queen of the forest and all game, suddenly broke forth from the underbrush with indignation and wrath, for the dead stag had been her favourite, and cursed the youth in words of fury: 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 detach detach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Waldfrau Waldfrau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 46 forth forth ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 underbrush underbrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 indignation indignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 cop _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 cursed curse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | son | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **detach** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | the splendid antlers | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Patient | | 3 | **hang up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | son's castle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in castle=Location | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | a pair of antlers | son's coat | | | | of arms the Waldfrau; son *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **break** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | from the underbrush with indignation and wrath; forth, suddenly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from underbrush=Co-Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past · perfect | | | | | | for the dead stag; Ritter *nmod:poss*; favourite *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **curse** *in a quote* | past | son *not said here* | the youth | | words of fury | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | | 8 | **word** *in a quote* | | | fury | | | | | nom word «communication 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/96/) - next →: [Legends and Tales., part 6, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/1/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)