--- title: After he had expressed his astonishment at the way he had been intro… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: After he had expressed his astonishment at the way he had been introduced into the castle, the forester, in reply to the question as to what object he should prefer if permitted to choose, said he would unhesitatingly select the stag with his beautiful antlers. Who acts: piece, way, object. 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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 (piece, way, object), 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:pg74323:15:87 # text = After he had expressed his astonishment at the way he had been introduced into the castle, the forester, in reply to the question as to what object he should prefer if permitted to choose, said he would unhesitatingly select the stag with his beautiful antlers. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 forester forester NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nmod _ _ 29 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 prefer prefer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 unhesitatingly unhesitatingly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 select select VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | past · perfect | piece | piece's astonishment | | the way | | reply to the question *parataxis* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent astonishment=Theme | | 2 | **introduce** | past · perfect · passive | the way *not said here* | piece | | the castle and the forester | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **prefer** | should | object | | | | | piece *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **permit** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | object *not said here* | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **choose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | object *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **select** | would | piece | the stag | | | | with piece's beautiful antlers; unhesitatingly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme | | 8 | **astonish** | | piece | | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/88/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/15/)