--- title: Before the image of the Virgin she knelt daily, and prayed for his r… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Before the image of the Virgin she knelt daily, and prayed for his return; but her petitions seemed unheeded, for troops of combatants returned from battle, but nowhere could she see the plumed helmet of Volkmar, and all were silent and sad at her questioning. 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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 (Liutburga, petitions, all, knight), 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:pg74323:8:23 # text = Before the image of the Virgin she knelt daily, and prayed for his return; but her petitions seemed unheeded, for troops of combatants returned from battle, but nowhere could she see the plumed helmet of Volkmar, and all were silent and sad at her questioning. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 daily daily ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 unheeded unheeded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 combatants combatant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 plumed plume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Volkmar Volkmar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 questioning questioning NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past | Liutburga | | | the image of the Virgin | | daily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before image=Location | | 2 | **pray** | past | Liutburga *not said here* | | | | | for knight's return | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for return=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | Liutburga's petitions | | | | | for troops of combatants; unheeded *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **return** | participle | | combatants *not said here* | | battle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from battle=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **see** | could | Liutburga | the plumed helmet of Volkmar | | | | nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer helmet=Stimulus | | 6 | **plume** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | all | | | Liutburga's questioning | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | all *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **image** | | | the Virgin | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **return** | | knight | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **petition** | | Liutburga | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **question** | | Liutburga | | | | | | nom questioning «communication transitive»: 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/24/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)