--- title: Fischersche would inquire further, but the ravens both remained sile… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Fischersche would inquire further, but the ravens both remained silent, shook their heads, spread rustling their wings, and flew forth, one up the other down the roaring Bode, to their Hort[1] in the steep rocks of the Bodethal, which still bear the name of the Rabenstein. 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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 (Fischersche, ravens), 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:pg74323:7:15 # text = Fischersche would inquire further, but the ravens both remained silent, shook their heads, spread rustling their wings, and flew forth, one up the other down the roaring Bode, to their Hort[1] in the steep rocks of the Bodethal, which still bear the name of the Rabenstein. 1 Fischersche Fischersche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 further further ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 both both ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 rustling rustle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 30 down down ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 33 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Hort Hort PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 44 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Bodethal Bodethal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 50 still still ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Rabenstein Rabenstein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | would | Fischersche | | drinks's Hort in the steep rocks of the Bodethal | | | further *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **remain** | past | the ravens | | | | | both, silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **shake** | past | the ravens *not said here* | drinks's heads | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **spread** | present | Fischersche *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rustle** | gerund | Fischersche *not said here* | drinks's wings | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 6 | **fly** | past | Fischersche *not said here* | one | | the roaring | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent one=Theme down roaring=Trajectory | | 7 | **bear** | present | | the steep rocks of the Bodethal | | | still | the name of the Rabenstein *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary name=Patient | | 8 | **name** | | | the Rabenstein | | | | | nom name «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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/16/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)