--- title: It was at Whitsuntide of the year 1292, as tradition tells us, that… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: It was at Whitsuntide of the year 1292, as tradition tells us, that the town council of the free, imperial Möhlhausen issued a proclamation, that whoever could discover and conduct a spring into the upper town, which suffered much from fires through want of water, should be richly rewarded; and in c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/139/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/) / 139 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 139 It was at Whitsuntide of the year 1292, as tradition tells us, that the town council of the free, imperial Möhlhausen issued a proclamation, that whoever could discover and conduct a spring into the upper town, which suffered much from fires through want of water, should be richly rewarded; and in case he had committed a crime, he should be pardoned. **Who acts:** command, tradition, town council, whoever, upper town, council · **What happens:** be, tell, issue, discover, conduct, suffer · **To what, where:** Whitsuntide, us, proclamation, upper town, fires, crime · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (command, tradition, town council, whoever), 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:pg74323:14:140 # text = It was at Whitsuntide of the year 1292, as tradition tells us, that the town council of the free, imperial Möhlhausen issued a proclamation, that whoever could discover and conduct a spring into the upper town, which suffered much from fires through want of water, should be richly rewarded; and in case he had committed a crime, he should be pardoned. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Whitsuntide Whitsuntide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 1292 1292 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Möhlhausen Möhlhausen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 25 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 conduct conduct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 through through ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 54 richly richly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 58 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 59 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 fixed _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj:pass _ _ 67 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 pardoned pardon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | command | | | Whitsuntide | year | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | tradition | Whitsuntide *not said here* | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **issue** | past | the town council of the free imperial Möhlhausen | a proclamation | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location proclamation=Theme | | 4 | **discover** | could | whoever | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conduct** | infinitive | whoever *not said here* | | | the upper town | spring | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into town=Destination | | 6 | **suffer** | past | the upper town | | | fires through want of water | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **reward** | should · passive | whoever *not said here* | | | | | richly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 8 | **commit** | past · perfect | council | a crime | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme | | 9 | **pardon** | should · passive | | council | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **want** | | | water | | | | | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/140/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)