--- title: He, however, soon recovered, moved from Osterhagen to Andreasburg, w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He, however, soon recovered, moved from Osterhagen to Andreasburg, where he built a handsome house, and never forgot that it was through his wife's forethought that wealth and happiness had been won. Who acts: Schlosser, house. 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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 (Schlosser, house), 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:pg74323:21:43 # text = He, however, soon recovered, moved from Osterhagen to Andreasburg, where he built a handsome house, and never forgot that it was through his wife's forethought that wealth and happiness had been won. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Osterhagen Osterhagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Andreasburg Andreasburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 forethought forethought NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 det _ _ 33 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past | Schlosser | | | | | however, soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **move** | past | Schlosser *not said here* | | Andreasburg | Osterhagen | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from osterhagen=Initial\_Location to andreasburg=Destination | | 3 | **build** | past | Schlosser | a handsome house | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product | | 4 | **not** **forget** | past | Schlosser *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | house | | | Schlosser's wife's forethought | | that wealth *nmod:unmarked*; Schlosser's wife *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **win** | past · perfect · passive | | happiness | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/44/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)