--- title: "If I should reckon all the mischief you have caused," said Herr Ada… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "If I should reckon all the mischief you have caused," said Herr Adam, "a pretty long account would be the result; but I demand only the value of the peas, and if you pay me three Gulden I will set you at liberty." Who acts: Herr, you, long account. 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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, you, long account), 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:pg74323:23:24 # text = "If I should reckon all the mischief you have caused," said Herr Adam, "a pretty long account would be the result; but I demand only the value of the peas, and if you pay me three Gulden I will set you at liberty." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 16 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 demand demand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 Gulden Gulden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 parataxis _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | Herr | all mischief | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mischief=Attribute | | 2 | **cause** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | all mischief *not said here* | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mischief=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Herr | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | a long account | the result | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | Herr | the value of the peas | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme value=Precondition | | 6 | **pay** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | Herr | | | three Gulden *parataxis* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Asset | | 7 | **set** *in a quote* | future | Herr | you | | liberty | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme at liberty=Destination | | 8 | **value** *in a quote* | | | the peas | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/25/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)