--- title: At last the king broke the silence, and said: "Ye have made two of m… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At last the king broke the silence, and said: "Ye have made two of my subjects prisoners, and I am come to interest myself on their behalf, for they are otherwise good men, who now only through pressure of circumstances have been led astray to do you damage. 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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 (last king, I, prisoners, good men), 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:pg74323:23:37 # text = At last the king broke the silence, and said: "Ye have made two of my subjects prisoners, and I am come to interest myself on their behalf, for they are otherwise good men, who now only through pressure of circumstances have been led astray to do you damage. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 xcomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 compound _ _ 20 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 nmod:unmarked _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 50 astray astray ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 damage damage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | the last king | the silence | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Ye | | | | two of my subjects prisoners *xcomp* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | I | interest myself | | prisoners's behalf | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location interest=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | | for good men; otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lead** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | good men | | | | pressure of circumstances *nsubj:pass*; astray *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | good men *not said here* | | you | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **damage** *in a quote* | infinitive | good men *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **press** *in a quote* | | | circumstances | | | | | nom pressure «phenomenon 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/38/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)