--- title: One can now scarcely trace the site of the walls; fruit-trees run wi… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: One can now scarcely trace the site of the walls; fruit-trees run wild, and lilacs mark the spot where once the Kloster garden lay, and besides, no trace of a human habitation where once good and holy men dwelt in the mountain solitude. Who acts: One, fruit trees, lilacs, Kloster garden. 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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 (One, fruit trees, lilacs, Kloster garden), 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:pg74323:8:9 # text = One can now scarcely trace the site of the walls; fruit-trees run wild, and lilacs mark the spot where once the Kloster garden lay, and besides, no trace of a human habitation where once good and holy men dwelt in the mountain solitude. 1 One one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 4 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 trace trace VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 lilacs lilac NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 mark mark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 24 once once SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Kloster Kloster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 besides besides INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trace** | can | One | the site of the walls | | | now | scarcely *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent site=Theme | | 2 | **run** | present | fruit trees | | | | | wild *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mark** | present | lilacs | the spot | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent spot=Destination | | 4 | **lie** | past | the Kloster garden | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **dwell** | past | good men | | | the mountain solitude | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in solitude=Location | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/10/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)