--- title: The forester of Scharzfels, with his gun on his shoulder, was one da… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The forester of Scharzfels, with his gun on his shoulder, was one day sauntering through the wood, when, as he turned a corner, he saw three men in a young plantation digging, and thereby doing much mischief. Who acts: forester, one day, Scharzfels, young plantation. 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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 (forester, one day, Scharzfels, young plantation), 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:pg74323:15:45 # text = The forester of Scharzfels, with his gun on his shoulder, was one day sauntering through the wood, when, as he turned a corner, he saw three men in a young plantation digging, and thereby doing much mischief. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forester forester NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Scharzfels Scharzfels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 sauntering saunter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 plantation plantation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 conj _ _ 42 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the forester of Scharzfels | one day | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **saunter** | gerund | one day *not said here* | | | the wood | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory | | 3 | **turn** | past | Scharzfels | a corner | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Scharzfels | three men | | a young plantation | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **dig** | gerund | a young plantation *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | gerund | a young plantation *not said here* | much mischief | | | | thereby *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Eventuality | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/46/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)