--- title: But there was a trick in the stipulation, namely, the etiquette of t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But there was a trick in the stipulation, namely, the etiquette of the royal court forbade any person, on pain of death, to hand anything direct to the Princess, but rather to the lady-in-waiting, who presented it to her mistress. Who acts: trick, lady. 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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 (trick, lady), 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:pg74323:13:51 # text = But there was a trick in the stipulation, namely, the etiquette of the royal court forbade any person, on pain of death, to hand anything direct to the Princess, but rather to the lady-in-waiting, who presented it to her mistress. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stipulation stipulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 namely namely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 etiquette etiquette NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 forbade forbid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 39 cc _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 in in SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forbid** | past | a trick in the stipulation | any person | | | | the etiquette of the royal court *nsubj* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme | | 3 | **hand** | to-infinitive | a trick in the stipulation *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | the lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **present** | past | the lady | etiquette | Princess's mistress | | | who *nsubj* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mistress=Recipient | | 6 | **pain** | | | death | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/52/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)