--- title: I told him I should not deliver up the keys till I had done with the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: I told him I should not deliver up the keys till I had done with the apartments, and expressed my surprise at the insolence in thus entering my room unbidden, and the cowardice of such conduct when no one was there to see or hear. Who acts: I, one, my. 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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 (I, one, my), 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:pg74323:5:65 # text = I told him I should not deliver up the keys till I had done with the apartments, and expressed my surprise at the insolence in thus entering my room unbidden, and the cowardice of such conduct when no one was there to see or hear. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 insolence insolence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 thus thus ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 unbidden unbidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cowardice cowardice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | Mac | | | the cowardice of such conduct *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **deliver up** | should | I | the keys | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Patient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | I | | | | | with the apartments | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **express** | past | I *not said here* | my surprise | | the insolence | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | gerund | I *not said here* | my room | | | | thus, unbidden *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **hear** | infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **surprise** | | my | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/66/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)