--- title: She spoke of some of the strongest proofs of the Divine origin of th… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: She spoke of some of the strongest proofs of the Divine origin of the Bible, and asked the Baron if he could explain why it was that Christian nations were the most elevated, those without the light of revelation being the degraded ones. Who acts: Woe, truth, Baron. 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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 (Woe, truth, Baron), 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:pg74323:5:20 # text = She spoke of some of the strongest proofs of the Divine origin of the Bible, and asked the Baron if he could explain why it was that Christian nations were the most elevated, those without the light of revelation being the degraded ones. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 proofs proof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Divine divine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Baron Baron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 25 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 29 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 reparandum _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 34 advmod _ _ 34 elevated elevate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 obl _ _ 37 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 revelation revelation NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 degraded degrade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Woe | | | | | of some of the strongest proofs of the Divine origin of the Bible | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Woe *not said here* | | the Baron | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent baron=Recipient | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | could | truth | | | | | without the light of revelation | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **elevate** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | Baron | those | | | | Christian nations *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **degrade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | gerund | | the degraded ones | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **proof** | | | the Divine origin of the Bible | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **light** | | | revelation | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/21/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)