--- title: After the battle the Sassen recognized the fact that to their leader… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: After the battle the Sassen recognized the fact that to their leader, Hatebolt, they owed the victory; and to prove their gratitude they offered to build him a castle on the north borders of the Harz, in any spot he might choose. Who acts: Sassen, Stones. 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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 (Sassen, Stones), 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:pg74323:4:32 # text = After the battle the Sassen recognized the fact that to their leader, Hatebolt, they owed the victory; and to prove their gratitude they offered to build him a castle on the north borders of the Harz, in any spot he might choose. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sassen Sassen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Hatebolt Hatebolt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognize** | past | the Sassen | the fact | | | after the battle | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus | | 2 | **owe** | past | Stones *= stone* | the victory | | | | to Stones's leader *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent victory=Theme to leader=Goal | | 3 | **prove** | to-infinitive | the Sassen *not said here* | Stones's gratitude | | | | any spot *ccomp* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | | 4 | **offer** | past | Stones *= stone* | Stones's gratitude *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Stones *= stone* *not said here* | a castle | Sassen | the north borders of the Harz | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary castle=Product | | 6 | **choose** | might | Sassen | any spot *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/33/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)