--- title: "Oh!" said he, "such a view has something beautiful in it; but it is… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh!" said he, "such a view has something beautiful in it; but it is only a delusion, a transition period in the history and development of mind, I might say, the Raupenkleid--chrysalis--of education, out of which the splendid and brilliant butterfly of free thought breaks forth, and Science unfolds --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/) / 21 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 21 "Oh!" said he, "such a view has something beautiful in it; but it is only a delusion, a transition period in the history and development of mind, I might say, the Raupenkleid--chrysalis--of education, out of which the splendid and brilliant butterfly of free thought breaks forth, and Science unfolds her golden wings, and in her commanding presence, the old orthodox Bible-faith can never again lift its head. **Who acts:** truth, view, splendid butterfly, Science, orthodox faith · **What happens:** say, have, be, break, unfold, command · **To what, where:** something, delusion, Raupenkleid, golden wings, head, commanding presence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (truth, view, splendid butterfly, Science), 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:pg74323:5:21 # text = "Oh!" said he, "such a view has something beautiful in it; but it is only a delusion, a transition period in the history and development of mind, I might say, the Raupenkleid--chrysalis--of education, out of which the splendid and brilliant butterfly of free thought breaks forth, and Science unfolds her golden wings, and in her commanding presence, the old orthodox Bible-faith can never again lift its head. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 11 det:predet _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 delusion delusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 transition transition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Raupenkleid Raupenkleid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 chrysalis chrysalis NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 48 out out ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 52 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ _ 55 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 60 forth forth ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 Science Science PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 unfolds unfold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 65 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 66 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 72 commanding command VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 73 amod _ _ 73 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 orthodox orthodox NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 78 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 79 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ _ 81 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 82 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 83 advmod _ _ 83 again again ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 advcl _ _ 85 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:poss _ _ 86 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | truth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | such view | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | view | a delusion | | | | a transition period in the history and development of mind *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | might | truth | the Raupenkleid and chrysalis | | | | of education | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent raupenkleid=Topic | | 5 | **break** *in a quote* | present | the splendid butterfly of free thought | | | | | which *obl*; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out which=Location | | 6 | **unfold** *in a quote* | present | Science | Science's golden wings | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 7 | **command** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lift** *in a quote* | can | orthodox faith | Baron's head | | Science's commanding presence | again; never | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in presence=Destination | | 9 | **develop** *in a quote* | | | mind | | | | | nom development «act 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/22/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)