--- title: He conducted her through long dark subterranean passages to her fair… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He conducted her through long dark subterranean passages to her fairy Majesty; and, after the birth of a son, the Queen presented her with three golden balls and three crystal goblets, with the warning to preserve them well, for the fate of the Asseburgs was closely connected with them. 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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 (Berggeist, Queen), 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:pg74323:9:88 # text = He conducted her through long dark subterranean passages to her fairy Majesty; and, after the birth of a son, the Queen presented her with three golden balls and three crystal goblets, with the warning to preserve them well, for the fate of the Asseburgs was closely connected with them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 subterranean subterranean NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 passages passage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Asseburgs Asseburg PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 51 closely closely ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | past | Berggeist | Falkenstein | | long dark subterranean passages to Falkenstein's fairy Majesty | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme through passage=Destination | | 2 | **present** | past | the Queen | | Falkenstein | | after the birth of a son | with three golden balls and three crystal goblets; with the warning | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with ball=Theme | | 3 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | Goblets *= goblet* | | | | well *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 4 | **connect** | past · passive | | the fate of the Asseburgs | | | | with Goblets *= goblet*; closely *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with they=Co-Patient | | 5 | **fate** | | | the Asseburgs | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/89/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)