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title: The amazement of the two friends increased every moment, for the Jew… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The amazement of the two friends increased every moment, for the Jew was known to be one of the richest men in the place. Who acts: amazement. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 13, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every c
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 99

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The amazement of the two friends increased every moment, for the Jew was known to be one of the richest men in the place.

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**Who acts:** amazement · **What happens:** increase, know, be, amaze · **To what, where:** Jew, one, two friends

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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 (amazement), 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:pg74323:14:100
# text = The amazement of the two friends increased every moment, for the Jew was known to be one of the richest men in the place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	increased	increase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	xcomp	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	_
22	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | past | the amazement of the two friends |  |  |  | moment |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | past · passive |  | the Jew |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  | of the richest men in the place | tree rules |
| 4 | **amaze** |  |  | the two friends |  |  |  |  | nom amazement «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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