--- title: All stand aghast at the Kaiser's wrath, all save one noble knight, w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: All stand aghast at the Kaiser's wrath, all save one noble knight, who steps fearlessly forth from the circle, with head proudly raised, a youth of manly beauty, the blond locks falling on his shoulders, the blue eyes blazing in just indignation, approaches the Kaiser, and cries, "Herr Kaiser, it wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/86/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/) / 86 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 7, sentence 86 All stand aghast at the Kaiser's wrath, all save one noble knight, who steps fearlessly forth from the circle, with head proudly raised, a youth of manly beauty, the blond locks falling on his shoulders, the blue eyes blazing in just indignation, approaches the Kaiser, and cries, "Herr Kaiser, it was not a 'knave.' **Who acts:** one noble knight, blond locks, blue eyes, head · **What happens:** stand, save, step, raise, fall, blaze · **To what, where:** wrath, one noble knight, circle, head, shoulders, indignation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one noble knight, blond locks, blue eyes, head), 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:pg74323:8:86 # text = All stand aghast at the Kaiser's wrath, all save one noble knight, who steps fearlessly forth from the circle, with head proudly raised, a youth of manly beauty, the blond locks falling on his shoulders, the blue eyes blazing in just indignation, approaches the Kaiser, and cries, "Herr Kaiser, it was not a 'knave.' 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 2 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 aghast aghast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 steps step VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 fearlessly fearlessly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 26 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 manly manly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 blond blond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 38 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 46 blazing blaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 indignation indignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 knave knave NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | | | | the Kaiser's wrath | | aghast *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at wrath=Location | | 2 | **save** | present | | one noble knight and a youth of manly beauty and the blond locks and the blue eyes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | | 3 | **step** | present | one noble knight and a youth of manly beauty and the blond locks and the blue eyes | | | the circle | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from circle=Trajectory | | 4 | **raise** | participle | | head *not said here* | | | | proudly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall** | gerund | the blond locks *not said here* | | | Kaiser's shoulders | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | | 6 | **blaze** | gerund | the blue eyes *not said here* | | | indignation | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in indignation=Location | | 7 | **approach** | present | | the Kaiser | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kaiser=Theme | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | | Herr | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herr=Topic | | 9 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | head | a knave | | | | | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/87/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)