--- title: "Do not fear that, my darling; every servant here is bound by a sole… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Do not fear that, my darling; every servant here is bound by a solemn oath; your faithful nurse Magda is the only one who is permitted to leave the castle, and she does so in the deepest disguise. Who acts: you, solemn oath, faithful nurse, Magda. 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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 (you, solemn oath, faithful nurse, Magda), 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:pg74323:18:61 # text = "Do not fear that, my darling; every servant here is bound by a solemn oath; your faithful nurse Magda is the only one who is permitted to leave the castle, and she does so in the deepest disguise. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 Magda Magda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ _ 43 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fear** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **bind** *in a quote* | present · passive | a solemn oath | every servant | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | your faithful nurse | the only one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **permit** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the only one | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **leave** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the castle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Magda | | | the deepest disguise | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/62/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)