--- title: In the anguish of his spirit he said the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: In the anguish of his spirit he said the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the _Ave Maria_, prayers for storms, and all the others he could think of, all mingled in the wildest confusion, like one who had taken leave of his senses. Who acts: One, others, spirit. 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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 (One, others, spirit), 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:pg74323:15:62 # text = In the anguish of his spirit he said the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the _Ave Maria_, prayers for storms, and all the others he could think of, all mingled in the wildest confusion, like one who had taken leave of his senses. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 anguish anguish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 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 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Creed Creed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 Prayer Prayer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Ave Ave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 20 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 wildest wild ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 parataxis _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One | the Creed and the Lord's Prayer and the \_ Ave | | the anguish of One's spirit | | prayers for storms *obl* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent creed=Theme in anguish=Manner | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | could | all others | | | | | One *nsubj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **mingle** | participle · passive | | all | | the wildest confusion | | one *parataxis* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **take** | past · perfect | | leave of One's senses | | | | who *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 5 | **anguish** | | One's spirit | | | | | | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/63/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)