--- title: We found they had treated many badly, and had sought in various inst… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: We found they had treated many badly, and had sought in various instances, by driving people to leave before the expiration of the time already paid for, or by involving them in law proceedings, to gain money. Who acts: We, time. 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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, time), 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:pg74323:5:78 # text = We found they had treated many badly, and had sought in various instances, by driving people to leave before the expiration of the time already paid for, or by involving them in law proceedings, to gain money. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 7 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 instances instance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 expiration expiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 already already ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 by by SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 involving involve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 proceedings proceedings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 gain gain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 41 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | We | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | | letters *= letter* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **seek** | past · perfect | | | | various instances | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in instance=Location | | 4 | **drive** | gerund | | people | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | | | the expiration of the time | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent before expiration=Location | | 6 | **pay** | past | the time *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **involve** | gerund | | letters *= letter* | | | | in law proceedings *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent they=Theme in proceedings=Goal | | 8 | **gain** | to-infinitive | | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/79/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)