--- title: "Of course you will," answered Herr Neubauer, who observed closely t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Of course you will," answered Herr Neubauer, who observed closely the little men, of whose acts and deeds he had already heard so much; "but the reckoning will be large, for you have long done mischief to my property. Who acts: Herr, reckoning, you. 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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 (Herr, reckoning, you), 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:pg74323:23:12 # text = "Of course you will," answered Herr Neubauer, who observed closely the little men, of whose acts and deeds he had already heard so much; "but the reckoning will be large, for you have long done mischief to my property. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 5 advmod _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 fixed _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 Neubauer Neubauer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 closely closely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 acts act NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 already already ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 reckoning reckoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 44 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | past | Herr | the little men | | | | who *nsubj*; closely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | Herr | | | | | of acts and deeds | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of act=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the reckoning | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | mischief | | | | to my property; long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/13/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)