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title: They vowed to a man henceforth to forsake the worship of Krodo, to r… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: They vowed to a man henceforth to forsake the worship of Krodo, to remain true to the new faith, followed the venerable hermit to the banks of the Oder, and were baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and from every side the people flocked to hear the words of the apostle. Who acts: birds, p
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 13

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They vowed to a man henceforth to forsake the worship of Krodo, to remain true to the new faith, followed the venerable hermit to the banks of the Oder, and were baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and from every side the people flocked to hear the words of the apostle.

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**Who acts:** birds, people, Krodo, Christ · **What happens:** vow, forsake, remain, follow, baptize, flock · **To what, where:** worship, venerable hermit, banks, death, side, words

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (birds, people, Krodo, Christ), 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:pg74323:16:13
# text = They vowed to a man henceforth to forsake the worship of Krodo, to remain true to the new faith, followed the venerable hermit to the banks of the Oder, and were baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and from every side the people flocked to hear the words of the apostle.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	forsake	forsake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Krodo	Krodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	venerable	venerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Oder	Oder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	baptized	baptize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
36	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	's	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	det	_	_
46	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
49	flocked	flock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	apostle	apostle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vow** | past | birds *= bird* |  |  |  |  | to a man | tree rules |
| 2 | **forsake** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | the worship of Krodo |  |  |  | henceforth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **follow** | past | birds *= bird* *not said here* | the venerable hermit |  | the banks of the Oder |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hermit=Theme to bank=Trajectory |
| 5 | **baptize** | past · passive | birds *= bird* *not said here* |  |  | Christ's death and resurrection |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP» |
| 6 | **flock** | past | the people |  |  | every side |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | the words of the apostle |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 8 | **worship** |  | Krodo |  |  |  |  |  | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 9 | **die** |  | Christ |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **word** |  |  | the apostle |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication 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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