--- title: "Colonel Karl Omnesky was among the wounded, and I hastened on to nu… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Colonel Karl Omnesky was among the wounded, and I hastened on to nurse him, as I hoped, to renewed life and vigour, but the moment I saw him all hope died for ever. Who acts: Colonel Karl, Samper, moment. 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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 (Colonel Karl, Samper, moment), 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:pg74323:5:89 # text = "Colonel Karl Omnesky was among the wounded, and I hastened on to nurse him, as I hoped, to renewed life and vigour, but the moment I saw him all hope died for ever. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Colonel Colonel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Karl Karl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 Omnesky Omnesky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 on on ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 renewed renew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 vigour vigour NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Colonel Karl | | | | | wounded *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hasten on** *in a quote* | past | Samper Mr. *= samper* | nurse Karl | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hope** *in a quote* | past | Samper Mr. *= samper* | renewed life and vigour | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **renew** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Samper Mr. *= samper* | Karl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | past | the moment | | | | | all hope *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for ever=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/90/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/5/)