--- title: When a maiden, born on the ocean, pure as the dawn, comes here alone… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: When a maiden, born on the ocean, pure as the dawn, comes here alone at the midnight hour of Halloween, kneels, and with raised hand calls her own name aloud three times, and then entreats the Most High to break the enchantment, and annihilate the monster in the rocks, they shall sink at her prayer, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/) / 85 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 85 When a maiden, born on the ocean, pure as the dawn, comes here alone at the midnight hour of Halloween, kneels, and with raised hand calls her own name aloud three times, and then entreats the Most High to break the enchantment, and annihilate the monster in the rocks, they shall sink at her prayer, the treasures of gold and gems shall rise to the surface, become the maiden's possession, and the hobgoblin shall vanish for ever. **Who acts:** maiden born ocean, treasures, hobgoblin, ocean, enchantment, maiden · **What happens:** bear, come, raise, call, entreat, break · **To what, where:** own name, enchantment, monster, rocks, prayer, surface · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (maiden born ocean, treasures, hobgoblin, ocean), 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:pg74323:9:85 # text = When a maiden, born on the ocean, pure as the dawn, comes here alone at the midnight hour of Halloween, kneels, and with raised hand calls her own name aloud three times, and then entreats the Most High to break the enchantment, and annihilate the monster in the rocks, they shall sink at her prayer, the treasures of gold and gems shall rise to the surface, become the maiden's possession, and the hobgoblin shall vanish for ever. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 15 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 alone alone ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Halloween Halloween PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 kneels kneel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 entreats entreat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 annihilate annihilate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 61 at at ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 gems gem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 71 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 parataxis _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 conj _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 80 's 's PART POS _ 79 case _ _ 81 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 hobgoblin hobgoblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ _ 86 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 87 aux _ _ 87 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 88 for for ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come** | present | a maiden born ocean | | | here | hour | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **raise** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | present | a maiden born ocean *not said here* | ocean's own name | | | time | with raised hand; aloud *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 5 | **entreat** | present | | | | | then | high *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **break** | to-infinitive | | the enchantment | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient | | 7 | **annihilate** | infinitive | | the monster | | the rocks | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Patient | | 8 | **sink** | shall | treasures *= treasure* | | | enchantment's prayer | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **rise** | shall | the treasures of gold and gems | | | the surface | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **become** | infinitive | the treasures of gold and gems *not said here* | the maiden's possession | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **vanish** | shall | the hobgoblin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **name** | | ocean | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **pray** | | enchantment | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **treasure** | | | gold and gems | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **possess** | | the maiden | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/86/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)