--- title: At the foot of this massive rock, on the opposite bank of the Bode,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the foot of this massive rock, on the opposite bank of the Bode, stood, nearly two hundred years ago, a small cottage, in which dwelt a poor but good fisherman, who earned but a scanty subsistence from the fruits of his toil. Who acts: poor fisherman, Bode. 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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 (poor fisherman, Bode), 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:pg74323:7:75 # text = At the foot of this massive rock, on the opposite bank of the Bode, stood, nearly two hundred years ago, a small cottage, in which dwelt a poor but good fisherman, who earned but a scanty subsistence from the fruits of his toil. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Bode Bode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 compound _ _ 21 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 ago ago ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 earned earn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 scanty scanty NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 subsistence subsistence NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | a small cottage | | the foot of this massive rock and the opposite bank of the Bode | year | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 2 | **dwell** | past | | a poor fisherman but a scanty subsistence | | the fruits of Bode's toil | | which *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fisherman=Location | | 3 | **earn** | past | a poor fisherman but a scanty subsistence | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **toil** | | Bode | | | | | | nom toil «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/76/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)