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title: "I am of opinion," resumed the Bürgermeister, "that the execution sh… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: "I am of opinion," resumed the Bürgermeister, "that the execution should take place immediately, before the said Arno does any more mischief." Who acts: one part, opinion, execution, Arno. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 13, with its
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 10

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"I am of opinion," resumed the Bürgermeister, "that the execution should take place immediately, before the said Arno does any more mischief."

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**Who acts:** one part, opinion, execution, Arno · **What happens:** be, resume, take, say · **To what, where:** Bürgermeister, place · **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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one part, opinion, execution, Arno), 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:pg74323:14:10
# text = "I am of opinion," resumed the Bürgermeister, "that the execution should take place immediately, before the said Arno does any more mischief."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	resumed	resume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Bürgermeister	Bürgermeister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
18	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
21	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
24	Arno	Arno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
25	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	any	any	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	amod	_	_
28	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | one part of the councillors *= part* |  |  |  |  | of opinion | tree rules |
| 2 | **resume** | past | opinion | the Bürgermeister |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bürgermeister=Eventuality |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | should | the execution | place |  |  |  | the more mischief *obl*; immediately *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | participle | Arno |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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