--- title: Take my signet ring, go to my successor, tell him what you have seen… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Take my signet ring, go to my successor, tell him what you have seen, warn him not to act as I have done, and to pay my debt, that I may escape from this bed of flames." Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:pg74323:4:74 # text = Take my signet ring, go to my successor, tell him what you have seen, warn him not to act as I have done, and to pay my debt, that I may escape from this bed of flames." 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 warn warn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | my signet ring | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | my successor | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to successor=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Earl | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | you | | | | | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Earl | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **act** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my debt | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 9 | **escape** | may | I | | | this bed of flames | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/75/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)