--- title: And now a single man approaches, stops by the entrance, throws himse… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And now a single man approaches, stops by the entrance, throws himself on his knees before the shrine of the Virgin, and as Reinhilde hears the voice she trembles and turns pale, for the Kaiser it is who prays. Who acts: voice, Virgin. 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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 (voice, Virgin), 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:pg74323:8:149 # text = And now a single man approaches, stops by the entrance, throws himself on his knees before the shrine of the Virgin, and as Reinhilde hears the voice she trembles and turns pale, for the Kaiser it is who prays. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 approaches approach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Reinhilde Reinhilde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 trembles tremble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 prays pray VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | | | | | now | by the entrance | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **throw** | present | | Quick | | Quick's knees | before the shrine of the Virgin | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on knee=Destination | | 3 | **hear** | present | | the voice | | | | as Reinhilde | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 4 | **tremble** | present | voice | the voice *not said here* | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location voice=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | present | voice *not said here* | | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | Virgin | | | | | for the Kaiser; who *nsubj*; pray *property* | tree rules | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/150/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)