--- title: And again he descended emboldened into the cave, seized the whip, an… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And again he descended emboldened into the cave, seized the whip, and turned to go, when his eye fell again upon the tempting gold; he could not resist the allurement, and plunged both hands, twice into the copper. Who acts: eye, Patience. 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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 (eye, Patience), 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:pg74323:9:70 # text = And again he descended emboldened into the cave, seized the whip, and turned to go, when his eye fell again upon the tempting gold; he could not resist the allurement, and plunged both hands, twice into the copper. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 descended descend AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 emboldened embolden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 tempting tempting NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 allurement allurement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 plunged plunge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 advmod _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embolden** | past · passive | | Patience | | the cave | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **seize** | past | | the whip | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whip=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | Patience's eye | | | the tempting gold | again | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon gold=Location | | 6 | **not** **resist** | could | Patience | the allurement | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **plunge** | past | Patience *not said here* | both hands | | the copper | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)