--- title: Surprised by the mysterious vision, and cheered by the unexpected ai… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Surprised by the mysterious vision, and cheered by the unexpected aid, the teamster endeavoured to thank his helper and deliverer, and expressed his regret that he had neither cup nor goblet in which to offer her a draught of wine. Who acts: teamster. 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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 (teamster), 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:pg74323:11:118 # text = Surprised by the mysterious vision, and cheered by the unexpected aid, the teamster endeavoured to thank his helper and deliverer, and expressed his regret that he had neither cup nor goblet in which to offer her a draught of wine. 1 Surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cheered cheer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 teamster teamster NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 31 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 34 cc _ _ 34 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | participle | | | | | | by the mysterious vision | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **cheer** | participle | | | | | | by the unexpected aid | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **endeavour** | past | the teamster | the unexpected aid *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | the teamster *not said here* | teamster's helper and deliverer | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helper=Theme | | 5 | **express** | past | the teamster *not said here* | teamster's regret | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | teamster | neither cup nor goblet | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 7 | **offer** | to-infinitive | teamster *not said here* | a draught of wine | virgin | goblet | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal draught=Theme | | 8 | **regret** | | teamster | | | | | | nom regret «feeling intransitive»: 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/119/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)