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title: "God forbid!" cried Eva in feverish, wild excitement, clasping her h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 56

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"God forbid!" cried Eva in feverish, wild excitement, clasping her hands and looking up to heaven, in which attitude she presented such an enchanting grace and beauty that Henry caught her in his arms and covered her face and hair with kisses, calling her by every endearing name he could think of.

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**Who acts:** God, face, Henry · **What happens:** forbid, cry, clasp, look up, present, enchant · **To what, where:** feverish, hands, enchanting grace, attitude, face, arms · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (God, face, Henry), 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:pg74323:18:56
# text = "God forbid!" cried Eva in feverish, wild excitement, clasping her hands and looking up to heaven, in which attitude she presented such an enchanting grace and beauty that Henry caught her in his arms and covered her face and hair with kisses, calling her by every endearing name he could think of.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forbid	forbid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Eva	Eva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	feverish	feverish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	clasping	clasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	25	det	_	_
25	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
28	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	31	det:predet	_	_
29	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	enchanting	enchant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	amod	_	_
31	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
43	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
51	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	55	det	_	_
54	endearing	endear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	55	amod	_	_
55	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	acl:relcl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** *in a quote* | infinitive | God |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past |  |  |  | feverish and wild excitement |  | Eva *flat* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **clasp** | gerund |  | face's hands |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 4 | **look up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to heaven | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heaven=Theme |
| 5 | **present** | past | face | such enchanting grace and beauty |  | which attitude |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Theme |
| 6 | **enchant** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **catch** | past | Henry | face |  | God's arms |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 8 | **cover** | past | face *not said here* | face's face and hair with kisses |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination |
| 9 | **call** | gerund | face *not said here* |  | face |  |  | by every endearing name | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 10 | **endear** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **think** *speech: other* | could | God | every endearing name *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=Theme |

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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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