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title: The other said that was nothing, he would do it; but his friend ende… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 8, sentence 63

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The other said that was nothing, he would do it; but his friend endeavoured to dissuade him from his purpose, saying no one who had climbed up could ever get down again, but was always found the next day broken to pieces at the base.

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**Who acts:** other, that, son, friend, one · **What happens:** say, be, do, endeavour, dissuade, climb up · **To what, where:** nothing, person, son, purpose, next day, base · **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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, that, son, friend), 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:pg74323:25:63
# text = The other said that was nothing, he would do it; but his friend endeavoured to dissuade him from his purpose, saying no one who had climbed up could ever get down again, but was always found the next day broken to pieces at the base.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	endeavoured	endeavour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
25	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	26	det	_	_
26	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
27	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	up	up	ADP	RP	_	29	compound:prt	_	_
31	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	33	advmod	_	_
33	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	ccomp	_	_
34	down	down	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	again	again	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux:pass	_	_
39	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	40	advmod	_	_
40	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl:unmarked	_	_
44	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
47	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | that | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | would | son | person |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 4 | **endeavour** | past | son's friend |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **dissuade** | to-infinitive | son's friend *not said here* |  | son | son's purpose |  |  | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from purpose=Eventuality |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | son's friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **climb up** | past · perfect | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **get down** | could | no one |  |  |  | ever; again | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **find** | past · passive | the other *not said here* |  |  |  | day | always *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» |
| 10 | **break** | participle |  | the next day *not said here* |  | the base |  | to pieces | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at base=Location |
| 11 | **purpose** |  | son |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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