--- title: Still weeping, he mounted his horse, reached home, sank exhausted, l… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Still weeping, he mounted his horse, reached home, sank exhausted, laid himself down in his bed, from which he never rose; and in a fortnight he lay in his grave. Who acts: name. 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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 (name), 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:pg74323:9:83 # text = Still weeping, he mounted his horse, reached home, sank exhausted, laid himself down in his bed, from which he never rose; and in a fortnight he lay in his grave. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fortnight fortnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | gerund | name *not said here* | | | | still | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mount** | past | name | name's horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 3 | **reach** | past | name *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sink** | past | name *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **exhaust** | participle | name *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **lay down** | past | | name | | name's bed | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in bed=Destination | | 7 | **not** **rise** | past | name | | | | | which *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **lie** | past | name | | | name's grave | fortnight | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/84/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)