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title: In the days of his freedom, when he had gone on affairs concerning h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: In the days of his freedom, when he had gone on affairs concerning his convent from Pfaffenrode to St. Daniel, he had often seen a spring among the hills. Who acts: Adlerthurm, affairs. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 14, with its de
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 3

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In the days of his freedom, when he had gone on affairs concerning his convent from Pfaffenrode to St. Daniel, he had often seen a spring among the hills.

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**Who acts:** Adlerthurm, affairs · **What happens:** go, concern, see · **To what, where:** affairs, convent, Pfaffenrode

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Adlerthurm, affairs), 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:pg74323:15:3
# text = In the days of his freedom, when he had gone on affairs concerning his convent from Pfaffenrode to St. Daniel, he had often seen a spring among the hills.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Pfaffenrode	Pfaffenrode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:desc	_	_
21	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	often	often	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	among	among	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | Adlerthurm |  |  | affairs |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on affair=Location |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | affairs *not said here* | Adlerthurm's convent |  | Pfaffenrode |  | to Daniel  St. | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus convent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Adlerthurm |  |  |  | day; spring | among the hills; often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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