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title: The teamster entered with reverence the oratorium, to thank the Almi… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The teamster entered with reverence the oratorium, to thank the Almighty for his deliverance, when lo! he recognized in the figure of the Virgin his deliverer, and placed the rose drinking-cup as a costly relic before her shrine. Who acts: teamster. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mount
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 3

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The teamster entered with reverence the oratorium, to thank the Almighty for his deliverance, when lo! he recognized in the figure of the Virgin his deliverer, and placed the rose drinking-cup as a costly relic before her shrine.

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**Who acts:** teamster · **What happens:** enter, thank, recognize, place, deliver, figure · **To what, where:** oratorium, Almighty, deliverer, figure, rose drinking cup, shrine

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 11. 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.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:12:3
# text = The teamster entered with reverence the oratorium, to thank the Almighty for his deliverance, when lo! he recognized in the figure of the Virgin his deliverer, and placed the rose drinking-cup as a costly relic before her shrine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teamster	teamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	oratorium	oratorium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	thank	thank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Almighty	almighty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
18	lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	recognized	recognize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Virgin	Virgin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	deliverer	deliverer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
34	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
35	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	relic	relic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
42	before	before	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | the teamster | the oratorium |  |  |  | with reverence | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oratorium=Destination |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive |  | the Almighty |  |  |  | for teamster's deliverance | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent almighty=Theme for deliverance=Attribute |
| 3 | **recognize** | past | teamster | teamster's deliverer |  | the figure of the Virgin |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deliverer=Stimulus |
| 4 | **place** | past | the teamster *not said here* | the rose drinking cup |  | Elend's shrine |  | as a costly relic | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cup=Theme before shrine=Destination |
| 5 | **deliver** |  | teamster |  |  |  |  |  | nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **figure** |  |  | the Virgin |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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