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title: On three sides the mountain rises steep from the Bode, being scarcel… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: On three sides the mountain rises steep from the Bode, being scarcely approachable save from the south side; and in wild confusion lie scattered over the mountain sides shapeless heaps of fallen stones, the sole ruins of the once stately castle; of walls and vaulted chambers no trace remains. Who ac
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 14

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On three sides the mountain rises steep from the Bode, being scarcely approachable save from the south side; and in wild confusion lie scattered over the mountain sides shapeless heaps of fallen stones, the sole ruins of the once stately castle; of walls and vaulted chambers no trace remains.

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**Who acts:** mountain, trace · **What happens:** rise, be, lie, fall, vault, remain · **To what, where:** three sides, scarcely approachable save, south side, scattered shapeless heaps, wild confusion, chambers

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mountain, trace), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:9:14
# text = On three sides the mountain rises steep from the Bode, being scarcely approachable save from the south side; and in wild confusion lie scattered over the mountain sides shapeless heaps of fallen stones, the sole ruins of the once stately castle; of walls and vaulted chambers no trace remains.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Bode	Bode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
13	scarcely	scarcely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	approachable	approachable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	save	save	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
25	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
26	scattered	scatter	ADJ	VBN	_	32	amod	_	_
27	over	over	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
31	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	amod	_	_
35	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	ruins	ruin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	43	advmod	_	_
43	stately	stately	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	vaulted	vault	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
50	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
51	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	52	det	_	_
52	trace	trace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | the mountain |  |  | three sides |  | steep *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | scarcely approachable save |  | the south side |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lie** | present | the mountain *not said here* | scattered shapeless heaps of fallen stones and the sole ruins of the castle |  | wild confusion |  | of walls | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in confusion=Location |
| 4 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **vault** | past | the mountain *not said here* | chambers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **remain** | present | no trace |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **ruin** |  |  | the castle |  |  |  |  | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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