--- title: He would have added more, but Schlosser, who went on before, uttered… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He would have added more, but Schlosser, who went on before, uttered a cry of horror, and the hearts of the two friends sank within them, although what they saw they had seen already eighteen times. Who acts: child, Schlosser, hearts, eyes. 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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 (child, Schlosser, hearts, eyes), 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:pg74323:21:28 # text = He would have added more, but Schlosser, who went on before, uttered a cry of horror, and the hearts of the two friends sank within them, although what they saw they had seen already eighteen times. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 Schlosser Schlosser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 before before ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 15 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 29 within within ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 although although SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 parataxis _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 39 already already ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would · perfect | child | more | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 2 | **go on** | past | Schlosser | | | | | before *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | Schlosser | a cry of horror | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cry=Topic | | 4 | **sink** | past | the hearts of the two friends | | | | | within eyes *= eye*; what *parataxis* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **see** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | eyes *= eye* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cry** | | horror | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/29/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)