--- title: "That our race might continue I would live on, and if I could appear… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "That our race might continue I would live on, and if I could appear in person to him who will come in the morning with his axe to annihilate us, I would entreat him for the blessing of life, and he would not refuse my entreaty. Who acts: race, nymphs, our. 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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 (race, nymphs, our), 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:pg74323:24:15 # text = "That our race might continue I would live on, and if I could appear in person to him who will come in the morning with his axe to annihilate us, I would entreat him for the blessing of life, and he would not refuse my entreaty. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 on on ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 annihilate annihilate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 entreaty entreaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** *in a quote* | might | our race | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **live on** *in a quote* | would | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream *= nymph* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appear** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream *= nymph* | | race | | | in person | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | future | | | | | morning | with race's axe; who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **annihilate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | us | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 6 | **entreat** *in a quote* | would | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream *= nymph* | | race | | | for the blessing of life | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **refuse** *in a quote* | would | race | my entreaty | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entreaty=Theme | | 8 | **race** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **bless** *in a quote* | | | life | | | | | nom blessing «act 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/16/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)