--- title: After the king had graciously raised them from their knees, he turne… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: After the king had graciously raised them from their knees, he turned again to Adam, and said: "I thank you that you have not harmed these poor people, and notify you that in future you have nothing to fear from us, for on St. John's Eve I shall march from this place over the bridge with my subjects --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/43/) [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/) / 43 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 43 After the king had graciously raised them from their knees, he turned again to Adam, and said: "I thank you that you have not harmed these poor people, and notify you that in future you have nothing to fear from us, for on St. John's Eve I shall march from this place over the bridge with my subjects. **Who acts:** king, you · **What happens:** raise, turn, say, thank, not harm, notify · **To what, where:** king, knees, Adam, you, poor people, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, 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:pg74323:23:43 # text = After the king had graciously raised them from their knees, he turned again to Adam, and said: "I thank you that you have not harmed these poor people, and notify you that in future you have nothing to fear from us, for on St. John's Eve I shall march from this place over the bridge with my subjects. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 harmed harm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 notify notify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:desc _ _ 51 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 march march VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 59 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 over over ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive | | the king | | eyes's knees | | eyes *= eye* *obj*; graciously *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: subject=Patient they=Extent from knee=Initial\_State | | 2 | **turn** | past | king | | Adam | | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adam=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | king | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **not** **harm** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | this poor people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 6 | **notify** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | king *not said here* | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | nothing | | future | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 8 | **fear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | from us | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **march** *in a quote* | shall | king | | | this place | | for John St.'s Eve; over the bridge with my subjects | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from place=Trajectory | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/44/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/23/)