--- title: "So sure as I with this weak tool split this firm rock, so sure as t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "So sure as I with this weak tool split this firm rock, so sure as this wood produces a temple for the worship of the one eternal God in this immovable mass of stone, so true is the word, the gospel, which I proclaim to you." Who acts: weak tool, wood, aged stranger, one eternal. 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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 (weak tool, wood, aged stranger, one eternal), 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:pg74323:16:8 # text = "So sure as I with this weak tool split this firm rock, so sure as this wood produces a temple for the worship of the one eternal God in this immovable mass of stone, so true is the word, the gospel, which I proclaim to you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 with with SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 split split VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 produces produce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 eternal eternal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 immovable immovable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 gospel gospel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 proclaim proclaim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** *in a quote* | past | this weak tool | this firm rock | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | | 2 | **produce** *in a quote* | present | this wood | a temple | | | | for the worship of the one eternal in this immovable mass of stone | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent temple=Result for worship=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the true word | | | | the gospel *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **proclaim** *in a quote* | present | the aged stranger *= stranger* | the gospel | you | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme to you=Attribute | | 6 | **worship** *in a quote* | | the one eternal in this immovable mass of stone | | | | | | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/9/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)