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title: "Now, only these three trees left," thought he to himself, stretched… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: "Now, only these three trees left," thought he to himself, stretched himself wearily in the grass to rest a minute and strengthen himself for the last stroke; but fatigue overcame him, so that he sank into a deep sleep, and only awoke when the moon and stars shone in the heavens. Who acts: fatigue, 
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 5

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"Now, only these three trees left," thought he to himself, stretched himself wearily in the grass to rest a minute and strengthen himself for the last stroke; but fatigue overcame him, so that he sank into a deep sleep, and only awoke when the moon and stars shone in the heavens.

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**Who acts:** fatigue, warrior · **What happens:** leave, think, stretch, rest, strengthen, overcome · **To what, where:** three trees, warrior, deep sleep, moon, heavens · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fatigue, warrior), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:24:5
# text = "Now, only these three trees left," thought he to himself, stretched himself wearily in the grass to rest a minute and strengthen himself for the last stroke; but fatigue overcame him, so that he sank into a deep sleep, and only awoke when the moon and stars shone in the heavens.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obj	_	_
18	wearily	wearily	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
28	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obj	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	overcame	overcome	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	42	mark	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	fixed	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
43	into	into	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	only	only	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	awoke	awake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
51	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	_
56	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	advcl	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	heavens	heaven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle |  | this three trees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  | warrior | warrior |  | now | this three trees *nsubj* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
| 3 | **stretch** | past |  | warrior |  |  |  | in the grass; wearily *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in grass=Topic |
| 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | minute |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **strengthen** | infinitive |  | warrior |  |  |  | for the last stroke | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 6 | **overcome** | past | fatigue | warrior |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
| 7 | **sink** | past | warrior |  |  | a deep sleep |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **awake** | past | fatigue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **shine** | participle · passive |  | the moon and stars |  | the heavens |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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