--- title: "Your Highness has given me a command to purchase jewels, as preciou… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Your Highness has given me a command to purchase jewels, as precious and costly as were to be found, that you might present them to the Princess of the adjoining dominions, and thereby win her hand and realm. Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:pg74323:14:117 # text = "Your Highness has given me a command to purchase jewels, as precious and costly as were to be found, that you might present them to the Princess of the adjoining dominions, and thereby win her hand and realm. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 purchase purchase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 adjoining adjoin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 amod _ _ 34 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 win win ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Your Highness | Three kingdoms *= kingdom* | | | a command *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **purchase** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | jewels | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jewel=Theme | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 4 | **present** *in a quote* | might | you | spectacles *= spectacle* | the Princess of the adjoining dominions | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to princess=Recipient | | 5 | **adjoin** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/117/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)