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title: Many hundred years ago there lived a rich Earl in the Unterharz, who… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: Many hundred years ago there lived a rich Earl in the Unterharz, who was once seized with a severe illness; he made a vow that if he should recover, he would consecrate his daughter to a convent life. Who acts: portrait. A sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legen
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 88

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Many hundred years ago there lived a rich Earl in the Unterharz, who was once seized with a severe illness; he made a vow that if he should recover, he would consecrate his daughter to a convent life.

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**Who acts:** portrait · **What happens:** live, seize, make, recover, consecrate · **To what, where:** rich Earl, Unterharz, vow, daughter

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (portrait), 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:pg74323:3:88
# text = Many hundred years ago there lived a rich Earl in the Unterharz, who was once seized with a severe illness; he made a vow that if he should recover, he would consecrate his daughter to a convent life.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Earl	Earl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Unterharz	Unterharz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	advmod	_	_
17	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	consecrate	consecrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past |  | a rich Earl |  | the Unterharz; there | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme earl=Location |
| 2 | **seize** | past · passive |  | a rich Earl |  |  |  | with a severe illness; once *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past | portrait | a vow |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Product |
| 4 | **recover** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | portrait |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **consecrate** | would | portrait | portrait's daughter |  |  |  | to a convent life | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Result |

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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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