--- title: The nobles of the castle acted as if they owned the whole world; and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The nobles of the castle acted as if they owned the whole world; and everything did belong to them that they could take by force, for they lived by robbing, and were guilty of much violence and cruelty. Who acts: nobles, everything. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/) / 70 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 70 The nobles of the castle acted as if they owned the whole world; and everything did belong to them that they could take by force, for they lived by robbing, and were guilty of much violence and cruelty. **Who acts:** nobles, everything · **What happens:** act, own, belong, take, live, rob · **To what, where:** whole world, nobles 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 (nobles, everything), 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:pg74323:16:71 # text = The nobles of the castle acted as if they owned the whole world; and everything did belong to them that they could take by force, for they lived by robbing, and were guilty of much violence and cruelty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 18 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 31 by by SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 robbing rob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cruelty cruelty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | participle | the nobles of the castle | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **own** | past | nobles *= noble* | the whole world | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot world=Theme | | 3 | **belong** | past · do-support | everything | | nobles *= noble* | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | could | nobles *= noble* | | | | | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **live** | past | nobles *= noble* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rob** | gerund | nobles *= noble* *not said here* | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | nobles *= noble* *not said here* | | | | | of much violence and cruelty; guilty *property* | tree rules | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)