--- title: "Olga and I remained a short time in Berlin, but after the reports o… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Olga and I remained a short time in Berlin, but after the reports of the battle _bei_ Worth we grew too excited to stay so far from the scene of action; and accordingly went to Baden, taking only our maid with us, and not wishing to go to an hotel, we took apartments in a private _pension_ kept by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/45/) [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/) / 45 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 4, sentence 45 "Olga and I remained a short time in Berlin, but after the reports of the battle \_bei\_ Worth we grew too excited to stay so far from the scene of action; and accordingly went to Baden, taking only our maid with us, and not wishing to go to an hotel, we took apartments in a private \_pension\_ kept by a family from Edinburgh, two old maids and their brother, Mac Stab by name; and though I have travelled over nearly all Europe their equal I have never met, and have reason to believe Scotland or Germany could produce few such creatures. **Who acts:** Olga, we, France, Scotland · **What happens:** remain, grow, stay, go, take, not wish · **To what, where:** Berlin, Baden, maid, hotel, apartments, private \_ pension · **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 (Olga, we, France, Scotland), 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:pg74323:5:45 # text = "Olga and I remained a short time in Berlin, but after the reports of the battle _bei_ Worth we grew too excited to stay so far from the scene of action; and accordingly went to Baden, taking only our maid with us, and not wishing to go to an hotel, we took apartments in a private _pension_ kept by a family from Edinburgh, two old maids and their brother, Mac Stab by name; and though I have travelled over nearly all Europe their equal I have never met, and have reason to believe Scotland or Germany could produce few such creatures. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Olga Olga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 5 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Berlin Berlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 bei bei X FW Foreign=Yes 15 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ _ 22 Worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Baden Baden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 hotel hotel NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 61 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 64 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 65 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 pension pension NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ _ 68 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 advcl _ _ 69 by by ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 Edinburgh Edinburgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 75 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 77 nummod _ _ 76 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 conj _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 79 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 82 Mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 compound _ _ 83 Stab Stab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 conj _ _ 84 by by ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ; ; PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 87 and and CCONJ CC _ 104 cc _ _ 88 though though SCONJ IN _ 91 mark _ _ 89 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 91 nsubj _ _ 90 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 91 aux _ _ 91 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 104 advcl _ _ 92 over over ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 93 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 94 advmod _ _ 94 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 95 det _ _ 95 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 91 obl _ _ 96 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 97 nmod:poss _ _ 97 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 conj _ _ 98 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 101 nsubj _ _ 99 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 101 aux _ _ 100 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 101 advmod _ _ 101 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 91 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 102 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 103 and and CCONJ CC _ 104 cc _ _ 104 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 105 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 104 obj _ _ 106 to to PART TO _ 107 mark _ _ 107 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 105 acl _ _ 108 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 112 nsubj _ _ 109 or or CCONJ CC _ 110 cc _ _ 110 Germany Germany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 108 conj _ _ 111 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 112 aux _ _ 112 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 107 ccomp _ _ 113 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 115 amod _ _ 114 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 115 amod _ _ 115 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 112 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 116 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | Olga I | | | Berlin | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in berlin=Location | | 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | excited *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Olga I *not said here* | | | Baden | | accordingly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to baden=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | Olga I *not said here* | | our maid | | | with us | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument maid=Destination | | 6 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | gerund | Olga I *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Olga I *not said here* | | | a hotel | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hotel=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | past | we | apartments | | a private \_ pension | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent apartment=Value in pension=Location | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | by a family from Edinburgh and two old maids and family's brother and Mac Stab by name | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by family=Location | | 10 | **travell** *in a quote* | present · perfect | France | all Europe | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **meet** *in a quote* | present · perfect | France | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Olga I *not said here* | reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 13 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Olga I *not said here* | reason *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 14 | **produce** *in a quote* | could | Scotland or Germany | few such creatures | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Result | | 15 | **report** *in a quote* | | | the battle | | | | | nom report «communication 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/46/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)