--- title: "We stayed a few days with the good minister, but in a state of feve… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "We stayed a few days with the good minister, but in a state of feverish excitement, watching the descriptions of succeeding battles, and reading the lists of wounded, dead, and missing with a horrible fascination. Who acts: We. 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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), 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:pg74323:5:79 # text = "We stayed a few days with the good minister, but in a state of feverish excitement, watching the descriptions of succeeding battles, and reading the lists of wounded, dead, and missing with a horrible fascination. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 feverish feverish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 excitement excitement NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 descriptions description NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 succeeding succeed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lists list NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fascination fascination NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *in a quote* | past | We | | | | day | with the good minister | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with minister=Location | | 2 | **watch** *in a quote* | gerund | We *not said here* | the descriptions of succeeding battles | | a state of feverish excitement | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Theme | | 3 | **succeed** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **read** *in a quote* | gerund | We *not said here* | the lists of wounded | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Topic | | 5 | **miss** *in a quote* | gerund | We *not said here* | | | | | with a horrible fascination | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **describe** *in a quote* | | | succeeding battles | | | | | nom description «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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/80/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)