--- title: I can leave my sons with more resignation, for they are noble youths… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: I can leave my sons with more resignation, for they are noble youths, and able to fight the world's battles; but Eva has the dangerous gift of an unusual beauty, and the world is full of snares and traps for such as she promises to be." Who acts: I, youths, Eva, world. 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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 (I, youths, Eva, world), 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:pg74323:18:83 # text = I can leave my sons with more resignation, for they are noble youths, and able to fight the world's battles; but Eva has the dangerous gift of an unusual beauty, and the world is full of snares and traps for such as she promises to be." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 resignation resignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 Eva Eva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 unusual unusual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 snares snare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 42 nmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | can | I | | my sons | | | with more resignation | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Recipient with resignation=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | youths *= youth* | | | | | for noble youths | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | youths *= youth* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fight** | to-infinitive | youths *= youth* *not said here* | the world's battles | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | Eva | the dangerous gift of a unusual beauty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | the world | | | | | of snares for such and traps; full *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | Eva | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **be** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Eva *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **battle** | | the world | | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **gift** | | | a unusual beauty | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/84/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/18/)