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title: All the servants from Nordhausen and the other surrounding places, w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: All the servants from Nordhausen and the other surrounding places, when they drive into the forest the first time for wood, must creep three times through this hole--which is only done with difficulty; and as they creep in, and on the opposite side out, their comrades lash them with their whips. Who
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 107

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All the servants from Nordhausen and the other surrounding places, when they drive into the forest the first time for wood, must creep three times through this hole--which is only done with difficulty; and as they creep in, and on the opposite side out, their comrades lash them with their whips.

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**Who acts:** Nordhausen, first time, comrades · **What happens:** drive, creep, do, creep in, lash · **To what, where:** forest, hole, opposite side, Nordhausen, servants

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nordhausen, first time, comrades), 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:pg74323:25:107
# text = All the servants from Nordhausen and the other surrounding places, when they drive into the forest the first time for wood, must creep three times through this hole--which is only done with difficulty; and as they creep in, and on the opposite side out, their comrades lash them with their whips.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Nordhausen	Nordhausen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	amod	_	_
20	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
24	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	creep	creep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl:relcl	_	_
26	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl:unmarked	_	_
28	through	through	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	obj	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
34	only	only	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl:relcl	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	creep	creep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
43	in	in	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
50	out	out	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	comrades	comrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nsubj	_	_
54	lash	lash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
55	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	whips	whip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | Nordhausen |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into forest=Trajectory |
| 2 | **creep** | must | the first time for wood | the forest *not said here* |  | this hole | time |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location forest=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present · passive |  | this hole |  |  |  | with difficulty | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: which=Eventuality |
| 4 | **creep in** | present | Nordhausen |  |  | the opposite side |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |
| 5 | **lash** | present | Nordhausen's comrades | Nordhausen |  |  |  | with Nordhausen's whips | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with whip=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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