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title: The hermit sent up a petition to the Almighty for strength and coura… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The hermit sent up a petition to the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment, released himself from their arms with a Samson strength, seized from one standing next him a wooden battle-axe, and thus addressed the bloodthirsty multitude: Who acts: hermit. A sentence of «Legends and tal
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 7

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The hermit sent up a petition to the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment, released himself from their arms with a Samson strength, seized from one standing next him a wooden battle-axe, and thus addressed the bloodthirsty multitude:

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**Who acts:** hermit · **What happens:** send up, try, release, seize, stand, address · **To what, where:** petition, Almighty, hermit, arms, Samson strength, wooden battle axe

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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 (hermit), 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:pg74323:16:7
# text = The hermit sent up a petition to the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment, released himself from their arms with a Samson strength, seized from one standing next him a wooden battle-axe, and thus addressed the bloodthirsty multitude:
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Almighty	almighty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Samson	Samson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
30	from	from	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	obl	_	_
32	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
33	next	next	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obl	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
36	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
37	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	bloodthirsty	bloodthirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	multitude	multitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send up** | past | the hermit | a petition |  | the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent petition=Theme to almighty=Destination |
| 2 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **release** | past | the hermit *not said here* | hermit |  | strength's arms |  | with a Samson strength | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer himself=Source |
| 4 | **seize** | participle |  | a Samson strength *not said here* |  |  |  | from one | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from one=Source |
| 5 | **stand** | gerund |  | a wooden battle axe |  |  |  | next hermit | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent next he=Location |
| 6 | **address** | past |  | the bloodthirsty multitude |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent multitude=Destination |

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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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