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title: At the time when Germany was in the middle of the great Reformation… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: At the time when Germany was in the middle of the great Reformation contest, two prelates sat together with their well-filled--for the empty ones were speedily filled--wine-cups before them, and discussed the pros and cons of the Reformed doctrines, and whether Mühlhausen was likely to adopt the Lut
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 40

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At the time when Germany was in the middle of the great Reformation contest, two prelates sat together with their well-filled--for the empty ones were speedily filled--wine-cups before them, and discussed the pros and cons of the Reformed doctrines, and whether Mühlhausen was likely to adopt the Lutheran creed.

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**Who acts:** Germany, two prelates, Mühlhausen, Lutheran · **What happens:** be, sit, fill, discuss, reform, adopt · **To what, where:** middle, empty ones, pros, Reformed doctrines

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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 (Germany, two prelates, Mühlhausen, Lutheran), 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:pg74323:15:40
# text = At the time when Germany was in the middle of the great Reformation contest, two prelates sat together with their well-filled--for the empty ones were speedily filled--wine-cups before them, and discussed the pros and cons of the Reformed doctrines, and whether Mühlhausen was likely to adopt the Lutheran creed.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	Reformation	Reformation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	prelates	prelate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
22	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
31	speedily	speedily	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
37	before	before	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	discussed	discuss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	pros	pro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	cons	con	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	Reformed	reform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	amod	_	_
49	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
52	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
53	Mühlhausen	Mühlhausen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	conj	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	xcomp	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	Lutheran	Lutheran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
60	creed	cree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Germany |  |  | the middle |  | of the great Reformation contest | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | past | two prelates |  |  |  | time | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fill** | participle | two prelates *not said here* |  |  |  |  | prelates *= prelate* *nmod:poss*; well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **fill** | past · passive |  | the empty ones |  |  |  | wine cups before prelates *obl*; speedily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **discuss** *speech: other* | past | two prelates *not said here* | the pros and cons of the Reformed doctrines |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pro=Topic |
| 6 | **reform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **is** | past | Mühlhausen |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **adopt** | to-infinitive | Mühlhausen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 9 | **cree** | past | the Lutheran |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **con** |  |  | the Reformed doctrines |  |  |  |  | nom con «communication 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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