--- title: "Pardon, gracious lady, but I have something to tell you which admit… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Pardon, gracious lady, but I have something to tell you which admits of no delay," replied Alice, who had caught a glimpse of the portrait, and noticed the agitation of her mistress. " Who acts: I, Alice. 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" **Who acts:** I, Alice · **What happens:** have, tell, admit, reply, catch, notice · **To what, where:** something, you, Alice, agitation, portrait · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Alice), 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:pg74323:19:20 # text = "Pardon, gracious lady, but I have something to tell you which admits of no delay," replied Alice, who had caught a glimpse of the portrait, and noticed the agitation of her mistress. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 admits admit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 21 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 agitation agitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | something *not said here* | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **admit** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of no delay; which *nsubj* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | | | Pardon and gracious lady *nsubj* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | Alice | | | | a glimpse of the portrait *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary glimpse=Theme | | 6 | **notice** | past | Alice *not said here* | the agitation of Alice's mistress | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer agitation=Stimulus | | 7 | **glimpse** | | | the portrait | | | | | nom glimpse «act 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/21/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/19/)