--- title: But as he was about to fire, came Hibich and demanded what he was go… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But as he was about to fire, came Hibich and demanded what he was going to do; and as he replied he was going to shoot his son down from the mountain, the King advised him not to attempt anything so foolish. Who acts: son, Hibich, King. 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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 (son, Hibich, King), 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:pg74323:25:69 # text = But as he was about to fire, came Hibich and demanded what he was going to do; and as he replied he was going to shoot his son down from the mountain, the King advised him not to attempt anything so foolish. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Hibich Hibich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 attempt attempt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | son | about fire | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | Hibich | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | Hibich *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | what *nsubj*; son *nsubj* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **shoot down** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | son's son | | the mountain | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent son=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the King | son | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **not** **attempt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | anything | | | | foolish *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/70/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/25/)