--- title: The boy started back in affright; but, vexed at his fear, feeling su… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The boy started back in affright; but, vexed at his fear, feeling sure a flower could not speak, he began again to mount the tower; but the same voice came from the flower, "Do not pluck me," and the children cried, "Give it up and come down!" Who acts: boy, flower, John, same voice. 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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 (boy, flower, John, same voice), 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:pg74323:6:30 # text = The boy started back in affright; but, vexed at his fear, feeling sure a flower could not speak, he began again to mount the tower; but the same voice came from the flower, "Do not pluck me," and the children cried, "Give it up and come down!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 affright affright NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 58 down down ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start back** | past | the boy | | | affright | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **vex** | participle | | | | John's fear | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | a flower | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** | past | John | | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **mount** | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | the tower | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Patient | | 7 | **come** | past | the same voice | | | the flower | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from flower=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **not** **pluck** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the same voice *not said here* | the children *= child* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the children | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **give up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | voice | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 11 | **come down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **fear** | | John | | | | | | nom fear «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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/31/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)