--- title: Tidian found a tiny blue flower, attracted to it by its perfume and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Tidian found a tiny blue flower, attracted to it by its perfume and its beauty, which must have been one of these miracle-working plants, for no sooner had he stuck it in his hatband than a never-before-seen cave in the side of the mountain opened its splendours to his dazzled eyes. 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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 (Tidian, beauty, flower), 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:pg74323:9:98 # text = Tidian found a tiny blue flower, attracted to it by its perfume and its beauty, which must have been one of these miracle-working plants, for no sooner had he stuck it in his hatband than a never-before-seen cave in the side of the mountain opened its splendours to his dazzled eyes. 1 Tidian Tidian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 25 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hatband hatband NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 55 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 splendours splendour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 dazzled dazzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 amod _ _ 60 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Tidian | a tiny blue flower | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Topic | | 2 | **attract** | participle | | a tiny blue flower *not said here* | flower | | | by flower's perfume and flower's beauty | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to it=Result | | 3 | **is a** | must · perfect | flower's beauty | one | | | | of this working plants | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | miracle *compound* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | Tidian *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stick** | past | Tidian | flower | | Tidian's hatband | | than a seen cave | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hatband=Destination | | 7 | **see** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **open** | past | | flower's splendours | Tidian's dazzled eyes | | | in the side of the mountain | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent splendour=Patient in side=Topic to eye=Recipient | | 9 | **dazzle** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **perfume** | | flower | | | | | | nom perfume «cognition 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/99/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)