--- title: The poor man was so frightened he was unable to reply; but Bergmann,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The poor man was so frightened he was unable to reply; but Bergmann, who had more experience, said, "It does not matter where the stone comes from; you need only tell us how much you will give for it." Who acts: poor man, Bergmann, It, stone. 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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 (poor man, Bergmann, It, stone), 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:pg74323:14:90 # text = The poor man was so frightened he was unable to reply; but Bergmann, who had more experience, said, "It does not matter where the stone comes from; you need only tell us how much you will give for it." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 Bergmann Bergmann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the poor man | | | | | frightened *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Bergmann | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Bergmann *not said here* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | Bergmann | more experience | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experience=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Bergmann | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the stone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | future | you | much | | | | for stone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent much=Theme for it=Asset | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/90/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/14/)