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title: Yes," he sighed, "if the bell in Wimmelburg had not been melted in t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Yes," he sighed, "if the bell in Wimmelburg had not been melted in the last fire, the bell through which God, the good Father, cured every sick person who heard its tones, there might be help for my poor wife; or, if it is not all a fable, of the great treasure which the monks buried in Sittichenbac
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 66

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Yes," he sighed, "if the bell in Wimmelburg had not been melted in the last fire, the bell through which God, the good Father, cured every sick person who heard its tones, there might be help for my poor wife; or, if it is not all a fable, of the great treasure which the monks buried in Sittichenbach, and we could find it; or, if it is true about the hidden treasure in Eisleben, that only he can find who can watch four-and-twenty days and nights without closing his eyes.

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**Who acts:** web, God, sick person, bell, great treasure, we · **What happens:** sigh, not melt, cure, hear, be, monk · **To what, where:** bell, last fire, sick person, tones, help, fable · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (web, God, sick person, bell), 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:pg74323:14:67
# text = Yes," he sighed, "if the bell in Wimmelburg had not been melted in the last fire, the bell through which God, the good Father, cured every sick person who heard its tones, there might be help for my poor wife; or, if it is not all a fable, of the great treasure which the monks buried in Sittichenbach, and we could find it; or, if it is true about the hidden treasure in Eisleben, that only he can find who can watch four-and-twenty days and nights without closing his eyes.
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sighed	sigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Wimmelburg	Wimmelburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
24	through	through	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nmod	_	_
26	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
33	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
34	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
37	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
38	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	tones	tone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	43	expl	_	_
42	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	cop	_	_
44	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	parataxis	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
47	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
52	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
54	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
55	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
56	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	58	det:predet	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	parataxis	_	_
64	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	66	nsubj	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	conj	_	_
67	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	acl	_	_
68	in	in	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	Sittichenbach	Sittichenbach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
72	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
74	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	advcl	_	_
75	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
77	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
79	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	82	mark	_	_
80	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
81	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	82	cop	_	_
82	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	parataxis	_	_
83	about	about	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
85	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	obl	_	_
87	in	in	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
88	Eisleben	Eisleben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	94	punct	_	_
90	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	94	mark	_	_
91	only	only	ADV	RB	_	94	advmod	_	_
92	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	94	nsubj	_	_
93	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	94	aux	_	_
94	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	82	parataxis	_	_
95	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	97	nsubj	_	_
96	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	97	aux	_	_
97	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	94	ccomp	_	_
98	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	97	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	103	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	103	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	100	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	103	nummod	_	_
103	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	98	appos	_	_
104	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	105	cc	_	_
105	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	103	conj	_	_
106	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	107	mark	_	_
107	closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	103	acl	_	_
108	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	109	nmod:poss	_	_
109	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	107	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** *in a quote* | past | web |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **melt** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the bell in Wimmelburg |  | the last fire and the bell through the last fire and the bell through the last fire |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **cure** | participle | God *not said here* | every sick person |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer person=Source |
| 4 | **hear** | past | every sick person | bell's tones |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tone=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is a** | infinitive | God | help or all fable |  |  |  | for my poor wife | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | bell | all fable |  |  |  | the great treasure and the monks *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 7 | **monk** |  | the great treasure and the monks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **bury** | participle |  | the monks *not said here* |  | Sittichenbach |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sittichenbach=Destination |
| 9 | **find** | could | we | bell |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 10 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | bell |  |  |  |  | about the hidden treasure in Eisleben; true *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **find** | can | web |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 12 | **watch** | can |  | four |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Theme |
| 13 | **close** | gerund | twenty days and nights *not said here* | web's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 14 | **intonate** |  | bell |  |  |  |  |  | nom tone «communication 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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