--- title: "Hence I give it as my opinion," concluded the Bürgermeister, "that… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Hence I give it as my opinion," concluded the Bürgermeister, "that as force and stratagem would only bring upon us expense and danger, and the result is uncertain, that--that--a--that we allow the matter to rest as it is, and leave the criminal to the punishment of Heaven. 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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 (mouth, result, we, my), 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:pg74323:14:29 # text = "Hence I give it as my opinion," concluded the Bürgermeister, "that as force and stratagem would only bring upon us expense and danger, and the result is uncertain, that--that--a--that we allow the matter to rest as it is, and leave the criminal to the punishment of Heaven. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hence hence ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Bürgermeister Bürgermeister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 stratagem stratagem NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 uncertain uncertain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 allow allow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 iobj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 criminal criminal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present | every mouth *= mouth* | town | | | | as my opinion; hence *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **conclude** | past | | the Bürgermeister | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | would | | that | | | | as force and stratagem; upon us; expense and danger *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Destination expense=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the result | | | | | that that *obl*; uncertain *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **allow** *in a quote* | present | we | | the matter | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer matter=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **rest** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | result | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | the criminal | the punishment of Heaven | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent criminal=Theme to punishment=Recipient | | 9 | **opine** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **punish** *in a quote* | | | Heaven | | | | | nom punishment «act 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/29/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)