--- title: He never could have satisfied his eyes with looking; and who knows h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He never could have satisfied his eyes with looking; and who knows how long he might have stood there, if through another door the three men had not entered whom he had so often seen near Scharzfels? Who acts: tapestry, man. 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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 (tapestry, man), 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:pg74323:15:85 # text = He never could have satisfied his eyes with looking; and who knows how long he might have stood there, if through another door the three men had not entered whom he had so often seen near Scharzfels? 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 satisfied satisfy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 with with SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 often often ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 38 near near ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Scharzfels scharzfel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **satisfy** | could · perfect | tapestry | tapestry's eyes | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** | gerund | tapestry *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | present | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | might · perfect | tapestry | | | there | | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **enter** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the three men | | another door | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | man | | | Scharzfels | | whom *obj*; often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/86/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)