--- title: We were in Switzerland at the time of the mobilization of the German… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: We were in Switzerland at the time of the mobilization of the German army, and hastening to obey the call, we repaired to Berlin, where we took leave of one another, never again all to meet in this world. Who acts: We, Switzerland. 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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 (We, Switzerland), 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:pg74323:5:44 # text = We were in Switzerland at the time of the mobilization of the German army, and hastening to obey the call, we repaired to Berlin, where we took leave of one another, never again all to meet in this world. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Switzerland Switzerland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mobilization mobilization NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 hastening hasten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 repaired repair VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Berlin Berlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 appos _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 33 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | We | | | Switzerland | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **hasten** | gerund | We *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **obey** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | the call | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme | | 4 | **repair** | past | Switzerland | | Berlin | | | we *nsubj* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | past | we | leave | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | this world | again; never | all *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mobilize** | | | the German army | | | | | nom mobilization «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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/45/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)