--- title: Two sons of the family, when visiting their widowed mother at Wallha… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Two sons of the family, when visiting their widowed mother at Wallhausen, besought her to permit them to drink out of these mysterious goblets, which she imprudently allowed; and as they struck their glasses together with a merry prosit, one was shattered. 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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 (Two sons, Wallhausen, Goblets, one), 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:pg74323:9:91 # text = Two sons of the family, when visiting their widowed mother at Wallhausen, besought her to permit them to drink out of these mysterious goblets, which she imprudently allowed; and as they struck their glasses together with a merry prosit, one was shattered. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 visiting visit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 widowed widow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Wallhausen Wallhausen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 imprudently imprudently ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 prosit prosit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 shattered shattered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | gerund | | Goblets's widowed mother | | Wallhausen | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent | | 2 | **widow** | participle | | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **beseech** | past | Two sons of the family | Wallhausen | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **permit** | to-infinitive | Two sons of the family *not said here* | Goblets *= goblet* | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **drink out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Two sons of the family *not said here* | this mysterious goblets | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goblet=Patient | | 6 | **allow** | past | Wallhausen | this mysterious goblets | | | | imprudently *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary | | 7 | **strike** | past | Goblets *= goblet* | Goblets's glasses | | | | with a merry prosit; together *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent glass=Patient with prosit=Instrument | | 8 | **is** | past | one | a merry prosit *not said here* | | | | shattered *property* | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/92/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)