--- title: But Conrad raised high his proud form, struck his sword upon the flo… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But Conrad raised high his proud form, struck his sword upon the floor, so that the hall rang with the clans;, and cried in a voice of thunder: "Who dares speak of treachery to Graf Lauenburg? Who acts: Conrad, hall. 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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 (Conrad, hall), 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:pg74323:2:84 # text = But Conrad raised high his proud form, struck his sword upon the floor, so that the hall rang with the clans;, and cried in a voice of thunder: "Who dares speak of treachery to Graf Lauenburg? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Conrad Conrad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 20 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 clans clan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 dares dare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 speak speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 Graf Graf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Lauenburg Lauenburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | Conrad | Conrad's proud form | | | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | past | | Conrad's sword | | | | upon the floor | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 3 | **ring** | past | the hall | | | | | with the clans | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with clan=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | a voice of thunder | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 5 | **dare** *in a quote* | present | | speak of treachery | Graf Lauenburg | | | Who *nsubj* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Recipient | | 6 | **form** | | Conrad | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/85/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)