--- title: At the same time he must solemnly promise that at the expiration of… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the same time he must solemnly promise that at the expiration of a year, at a certain hour, he will return the same sum to the same place, because, as a result of his failing to do so, she herself would suffer great injury. Who acts: sympathy, maiden. 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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 (sympathy, maiden), 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:pg74323:21:91 # text = At the same time he must solemnly promise that at the expiration of a year, at a certain hour, he will return the same sum to the same place, because, as a result of his failing to do so, she herself would suffer great injury. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 expiration expiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 33 because because SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 failing fail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 conj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | must | sympathy | the same time *not said here* | | | hour | the expiration of a year *ccomp*; solemnly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 2 | **return** | future | sympathy | the same sum | | the same place | time | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to place=Destination | | 3 | **fail** | gerund | sympathy | a result *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | sympathy *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **suffer** | would | maiden | great injury | | | | as a result | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer injury=Stimulus | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/92/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)