--- title: According to this tradition, he completed nearly the entire canal at… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: According to this tradition, he completed nearly the entire canal at the base of the Rehberg,[3] called the Rehberger Graben, which conveys all the water to St. Andreasberg for the working of the Samson mine, but became bankrupt through the undertaking. Who acts: Andreasberg, Rehberger Graben. 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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 (Andreasberg, Rehberger Graben), 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:pg74323:22:35 # text = According to this tradition, he completed nearly the entire canal at the base of the Rehberg,[3] called the Rehberger Graben, which conveys all the water to St. Andreasberg for the working of the Samson mine, but became bankrupt through the undertaking. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 completed complete VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Rehberg Rehberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Rehberger Rehberger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Graben Graben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 conveys convey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:desc _ _ 34 Andreasberg Andreasberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 working working NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 45 bankrupt bankrupt NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ _ 46 through through ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **complete** | past | Andreasberg | the entire canal | | the base of the Rehberg | | accord this tradition; 3 *obl* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canal=Eventuality | | 3 | **call** | participle | | | | | | the Rehberger Graben *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **convey** | present | the Rehberger Graben | all water | Andreasberg St. | | | for the working of the Samson mine | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Topic to andreasberg=Recipient | | 5 | **become** | past | Andreasberg *not said here* | bankrupt | | the undertaking | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/36/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)