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title: An hour after, the two friends stood before the treasurer of the Pri… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 108

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An hour after, the two friends stood before the treasurer of the Prince, for the finder could not make up his mind to undertake the journey to Augsburg until he had provided for his wife and children, and asked him if he would advance a hundred thousand Thaler on the jewel, till they could sell it to Fugger.

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**Who acts:** hour, finder, mind, friends · **What happens:** stand, not make up, not undertake, provide, ask, advance · **To what, where:** treasurer, mind, journey, finder, thousand Thaler, jewel

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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 (hour, finder, mind, friends), 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:pg74323:14:109
# text = An hour after, the two friends stood before the treasurer of the Prince, for the finder could not make up his mind to undertake the journey to Augsburg until he had provided for his wife and children, and asked him if he would advance a hundred thousand Thaler on the jewel, till they could sell it to Fugger.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	after	after	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	treasurer	treasurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	finder	finder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Augsburg	Augsburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
35	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	iobj	_	_
44	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	advance	advance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	compound	_	_
50	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	_
51	Thaler	thaler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
52	on	on	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
57	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	conj	_	_
60	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Fugger	Fugger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a hour |  |  | the treasurer of the Prince |  | the two friends *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before treasurer=Location |
| 2 | **not** **make up** | could | the finder | finder's mind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **undertake** | to-infinitive | finder's mind *not said here* | the journey |  |  |  | to Augsburg | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |
| 4 | **provide** | past · perfect | finder |  |  |  |  | for finder's wife and children | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for wife=Recipient |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  | finder |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **advance** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | finder | thousand Thaler |  | the jewel |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer thaler=Patient |
| 7 | **sell** | could | friends *= friend* | Thaler | Fugger |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to fugger=Recipient |
| 8 | **mind** |  | finder |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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