--- title: The Kaiser sets spurs to his steed and rides to the Schloss, the att… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The Kaiser sets spurs to his steed and rides to the Schloss, the attendants bring the unhappy knight to the dungeon, Reinhilde faints and sinks from her steed in the grass, and soon no sound is heard save the sighing in the firs. Who acts: Kaiser, attendants, Reinhilde. 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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 (Kaiser, attendants, Reinhilde), 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:pg74323:8:93 # text = The Kaiser sets spurs to his steed and rides to the Schloss, the attendants bring the unhappy knight to the dungeon, Reinhilde faints and sinks from her steed in the grass, and soon no sound is heard save the sighing in the firs. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Kaiser Kaiser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 spurs spur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rides ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Schloss schloss NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Reinhilde Reinhilde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 faints faint VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 41 save save ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sighing sighing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 firs fir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | the Kaiser | spurs | | | | to Kaiser's steed | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient spur=Result | | 2 | **ride** | present | the Kaiser *not said here* | | | the Schloss | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to schloss=Trajectory | | 3 | **bring** | present | the attendants | the unhappy knight | | the dungeon | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knight=Theme to dungeon=Destination | | 4 | **faint** | present | Reinhilde | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **sink** | present | Reinhilde *not said here* | | | Reinhilde's steed | | in the grass | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **hear** | present · passive | | no sound | | the firs | | save the sighing; soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/94/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)