--- title: He gave, however, no expression to his misgivings, but only said, po… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He gave, however, no expression to his misgivings, but only said, pointing to the coffee-table: "Let us think of this no more; dry up these childish tears, and let us go down--come, dear." Who acts: boy, us. 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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 (boy, us), 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:pg74323:18:51 # text = He gave, however, no expression to his misgivings, but only said, pointing to the coffee-table: "Let us think of this no more; dry up these childish tears, and let us go down--come, dear." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 misgivings misgiving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 childish childish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | boy | no expression to boy's misgivings | | | | however *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **point** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | the coffee table | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to table=Recipient | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | no more | | | | of this | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 6 | **dry up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this childish tears | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tear=Result | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go down** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | dear *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **misgive** | | boy | | | | | | nom misgiving «feeling transitive»: poss=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/52/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)