--- title: But as time went on these pleasant reunions were interrupted by the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But as time went on these pleasant reunions were interrupted by the human race, which penetrated the forests, mercilessly cut down everything that stood in the way of its selfish ends, and made these peaceful regions the stage of its vain ambitions and aims, never dreaming that with every tree that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/102/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/) / 102 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 102 But as time went on these pleasant reunions were interrupted by the human race, which penetrated the forests, mercilessly cut down everything that stood in the way of its selfish ends, and made these peaceful regions the stage of its vain ambitions and aims, never dreaming that with every tree that was hewn down a life more pure and beautiful than its own was destroyed. **Who acts:** human race, forests, selfish, forest · **What happens:** go, interrupt, penetrate, cut down, stand, end · **To what, where:** pleasant reunions, forests, everything, way, peaceful regions, that This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (human race, forests, selfish, forest), 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:pg74323:23:103 # text = But as time went on these pleasant reunions were interrupted by the human race, which penetrated the forests, mercilessly cut down everything that stood in the way of its selfish ends, and made these peaceful regions the stage of its vain ambitions and aims, never dreaming that with every tree that was hewn down a life more pure and beautiful than its own was destroyed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 reunions reunion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 penetrated penetrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 mercilessly mercilessly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 22 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 selfish selfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 ambitions ambition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 aims aim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 hewn hewn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 down down ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 62 advmod _ _ 62 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 advcl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ _ 65 than than ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 obl _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | time | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **interrupt** | past · passive | the human race | this pleasant reunions | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **penetrate** | past | the human race | the forests | | | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | | 4 | **cut down** | participle | the forests *not said here* | everything | | | | mercilessly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product | | 5 | **stand** | past | | | | the way | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | | 6 | **end** | present | forest's selfish | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | past | | this peaceful regions | | | | the stage of forest's vain ambitions and aims *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset region=Beneficiary stage=Product | | 8 | **not** **dream** | gerund | | that | | | | with every tree | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 9 | **hewn down** | past · passive | | every tree | | | | a life *obj* | tree rules | | 10 | **destroy** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | | 11 | **ambition** | | forest | | | | | | nom ambition «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/103/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)