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title: As Duke of Saxony he is said to have lived here with his Duchess, in… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: As Duke of Saxony he is said to have lived here with his Duchess, in this hunting-seat, when he was chosen Kaiser of the holy Roman Empire in 920; several other places, however, claim the honour. Who acts: several other places. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 8

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As Duke of Saxony he is said to have lived here with his Duchess, in this hunting-seat, when he was chosen Kaiser of the holy Roman Empire in 920; several other places, however, claim the honour.

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**Who acts:** several other places · **What happens:** say, live, choose, claim · **To what, where:** Many, hunting seat, 920, honour · **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 (several other places), 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:pg74323:18:8
# text = As Duke of Saxony he is said to have lived here with his Duchess, in this hunting-seat, when he was chosen Kaiser of the holy Roman Empire in 920; several other places, however, claim the honour.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Saxony	Saxony	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	_
11	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
18	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
26	Kaiser	Kaiser	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	920	920	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
35	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	however	however	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
41	claim	claim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Many |  |  |  | as Duke of Saxony | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  | this hunting seat; here |  | with Many's Duchess | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with duchess=Location |
| 3 | **choose** | past · passive |  | Many |  | 920 |  | Kaiser of the holy Roman Empire *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary kaiser=Theme |
| 4 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | several other places | the honour |  |  |  | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent honour=Topic |

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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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