--- title: Wonderful as this was, it was still more remarkable that no one had… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Wonderful as this was, it was still more remarkable that no one had ever been able to come near him, although various sportsmen had attempted it, not even when they waited in the early morning on the spot where he was wont to appear. Who acts: age, one, sportsmen, appearance. 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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 (age, one, sportsmen, appearance), 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:pg74323:6:67 # text = Wonderful as this was, it was still more remarkable that no one had ever been able to come near him, although various sportsmen had attempted it, not even when they waited in the early morning on the spot where he was wont to appear. 1 Wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 near near ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sportsmen sportsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 attempted attempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | as this; wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | age | | | | still | remarkable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | no one | | | | ever | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | near appearance | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | | 5 | **attempt** | past · perfect · passive | | various sportsmen | | | age | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **wait** | past | sportsmen *= sportsman* | | | the spot | morning | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on spot=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | appearance | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **appear** | to-infinitive | appearance *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/68/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)