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title: The Duchess communicates this discovery to the King of Wurtemburg, h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: The Duchess communicates this discovery to the King of Wurtemburg, her father, letters of reproof are sent to Henry from him and the Kaiser, and the Pope threatens him with excommunication. Who acts: Duchess, Pope. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historica
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 121

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The Duchess communicates this discovery to the King of Wurtemburg, her father, letters of reproof are sent to Henry from him and the Kaiser, and the Pope threatens him with excommunication.

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**Who acts:** Duchess, Pope · **What happens:** communicate, send, threaten, letter · **To what, where:** discovery, King, father, Henry, reproof

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duchess, Pope), 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:pg74323:20:121
# text = The Duchess communicates this discovery to the King of Wurtemburg, her father, letters of reproof are sent to Henry from him and the Kaiser, and the Pope threatens him with excommunication.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	communicates	communicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Wurtemburg	Wurtemburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	reproof	reproof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Kaiser	Kaiser	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	threatens	threaten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
32	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	excommunication	excommunication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | the Duchess | this discovery | the King of Wurtemburg |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent discovery=Topic to king=Recipient |
| 2 | **send** | present · passive |  | Duchess's father and letters of reproof | Henry |  |  | from Henry | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme to henry=Destination from he=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **threaten** | present | the Pope | father |  |  |  | with excommunication | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 4 | **letter** |  |  | reproof |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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