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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 (we, that, course), 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:pg74323:14:12 # text = "But--but--a--" resumed his Worship, hesitating and undecided, "we must first have the criminal in our power, and that is--not--so--easy a matter. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 resumed resume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 Worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 hesitating hesitate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 undecided undecided ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 advmod _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 criminal criminal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 30 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resume** | past | | a | | | | course's Worship *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **hesitate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | must | we | the criminal | | our power | | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent criminal=Patient | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **worship** | | course | | | | | | nom worship «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/13/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)