--- title: And she opened a cupboard, took out a plant, sewed it in his shirt i… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And she opened a cupboard, took out a plant, sewed it in his shirt in three different places, made a sign of the cross above each place, and said, "That which I have sewed in thy shirt is _origanum_, a sure defence against all enchantment, and even the devil; so go in peace, in the name of the Fathe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/173/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/) / 173 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 173 And she opened a cupboard, took out a plant, sewed it in his shirt in three different places, made a sign of the cross above each place, and said, "That which I have sewed in thy shirt is \_origanum\_, a sure defence against all enchantment, and even the devil; so go in peace, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. **Who acts:** Evil · **What happens:** open, take out, sew, make, say, be · **To what, where:** cupboard, plant, shirt, sign, That, sewed \_ origanum · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Evil), 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:pg74323:20:173 # text = And she opened a cupboard, took out a plant, sewed it in his shirt in three different places, made a sign of the cross above each place, and said, "That which I have sewed in thy shirt is _origanum_, a sure defence against all enchantment, and even the devil; so go in peace, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 above above ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 sewed sew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 origanum origanum NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 52 against against ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 even even ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 80 compound _ _ 80 Ghost Ghost PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | Evil | a cupboard | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme | | 2 | **take out** | past | Evil *not said here* | a plant | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | | 3 | **sew** | past | | cupboard | | cave's shirt | | in three different places | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shirt=Destination | | 4 | **make** | past | | a sign of the cross above each place | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Evil *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sew** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | That | | thy shirt | | sewed \_ origanum and a sure defence against all enchantment and the devil *nsubj:pass*; I *nsubj* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in shirt=Destination | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | sewed \_ origanum and a sure defence against all enchantment and the devil | | | | a sure defence against all enchantment *conj*; the devil *conj* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | Evil *not said here* | | | peace | | in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | | 9 | **sign** | | | the cross above each place | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **name** *in a quote* | | | the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost | | | | | nom name «communication 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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/174/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)