--- title: Henry was a handsome man of fiery temper and hot blood, loved both c… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Henry was a handsome man of fiery temper and hot blood, loved both chase and feud, possessed more physical strength and beauty than mind or virtue, troubled himself little with the duties of government or the interests of his subjects, leaving affairs of State to his minister. 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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 (Henry, handsome man, both), 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:pg74323:18:103 # text = Henry was a handsome man of fiery temper and hot blood, loved both chase and feud, possessed more physical strength and beauty than mind or virtue, troubled himself little with the duties of government or the interests of his subjects, leaving affairs of State to his minister. 1 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 14 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 15 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 feud feud VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 30 troubled trouble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 46 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Henry | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty | | | | of fiery temper and hot blood; possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | past | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **chase** | present | both | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feud** | present | both *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **possess** | participle | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **trouble** | past | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty | Duke | | | | with the duties of government or the interests of Duke's subjects | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer little=Result | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty *not said here* | affairs of State | Duke's minister | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent affair=Theme to minister=Recipient | | 8 | **interest** | | | Duke's subjects | | | | | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/102/) - next →: [A Historical Tale., part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/1/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)