--- title: The youths of Agnesdorf have the right, by an ancient statute, of di… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The youths of Agnesdorf have the right, by an ancient statute, of digging up a young oak on the Questenberg;[3] the tree must be _carried_, and after it is planted is decorated with wreaths of flowers. Who acts: youths. 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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 (youths), 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:pg74323:10:36 # text = The youths of Agnesdorf have the right, by an ancient statute, of digging up a young oak on the Questenberg;[3] the tree must be _carried_, and after it is planted is decorated with wreaths of flowers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Agnesdorf Agnesdorf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Questenberg Questenberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 after after SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 decorated decorate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 wreaths wreath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the youths of Agnesdorf | | | | | by a ancient statute the right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dig up** | gerund | the youths of Agnesdorf *not said here* | a young oak | | the Questenberg | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oak=Theme on questenberg=Location | | 3 | **carry** | must · passive | | the tree | | | | 3 *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **plant** | present · passive | | tree | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **decorate** | present · passive | | | | | | with wreaths of flowers | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with wreath=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/37/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)