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title: A further conversation betrayed to the forester that the strangers w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: A further conversation betrayed to the forester that the strangers were Venetians, and the result of it was that he permitted them to depart without hindrance, or without accepting the smallest indemnity. Who acts: strangers, further conversation. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountai
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 56

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A further conversation betrayed to the forester that the strangers were Venetians, and the result of it was that he permitted them to depart without hindrance, or without accepting the smallest indemnity.

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**Who acts:** strangers, further conversation · **What happens:** betray, be, depart, accept, result · **To what, where:** further conversation, Venetians, smallest indemnity, result

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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 (strangers, further conversation), 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:pg74323:15:56
# text = A further conversation betrayed to the forester that the strangers were Venetians, and the result of it was that he permitted them to depart without hindrance, or without accepting the smallest indemnity.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
4	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forester	forester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	Venetians	Venetian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	permitted	permit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
26	without	without	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	hindrance	hindrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
31	accepting	accept	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	34	amod	_	_
34	indemnity	indemnity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **betray** | participle |  | a further conversation *not said here* |  |  |  | to the forester | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the strangers | Venetians |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | a further conversation |  |  |  |  | One *nsubj*; strangers *= stranger* *obj*; permit *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a further conversation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without hindrance | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **accept** | gerund | a further conversation *not said here* | the smallest indemnity |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indemnity=Theme |
| 6 | **result** |  |  | result |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon 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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