--- title: For him I have robbed the Duchess of her husband, deceived my brave… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: For him I have robbed the Duchess of her husband, deceived my brave father and my brothers, desecrated God's altar, sacrificed life, youth, honour, happiness; I live only for him. Who acts: Duchess, I. 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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 (Duchess, I), 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:pg74323:20:94 # text = For him I have robbed the Duchess of her husband, deceived my brave father and my brothers, desecrated God's altar, sacrificed life, youth, honour, happiness; I live only for him. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 deceived deceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 desecrated desecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rob** | present · perfect · passive | | Henry | | | | I *nsubj* | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 2 | **deceive** | past | the Duchess of Duchess's husband | my brave father and my brothers | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 3 | **desecrate** | participle | the Duchess of Duchess's husband *not said here* | God's altar | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Patient | | 4 | **sacrifice** | past | the Duchess of Duchess's husband *not said here* | life and youth and honour and happiness | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **live** | present | I | | | | | for Henry | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/95/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)