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description: He replied that the etiquette of his court was still more severe than at hers; it was not permitted him to take anything with his hands, only with his feet or head. Who acts: prince, etiquette. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12, wit
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 65

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He replied that the etiquette of his court was still more severe than at hers; it was not permitted him to take anything with his hands, only with his feet or head.

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**Who acts:** prince, etiquette · **What happens:** reply, be, not permit, take · **To what, where:** etiquette, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, etiquette), 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:pg74323:13:65
# text = He replied that the etiquette of his court was still more severe than at hers; it was not permitted him to take anything with his hands, only with his feet or head.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	etiquette	etiquette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
24	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	23	obj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	only	only	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the etiquette of prince's court |  |  |  | still | than Princess; severe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **permit** | past · passive |  | etiquette |  |  |  | prince *obj* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme he=Location |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | anything |  |  |  | with prince's hands; with prince's feet or head | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

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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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