--- title: Hence every one shook the head doubtfully when one day an herb-gathe… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Hence every one shook the head doubtfully when one day an herb-gatherer of the village, named Weidemann, declared that he had not only been near the Stag, but that the animal had come close to him, leaned against him, eaten of the plants he carried, and finally had followed him part way down the dec --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/) / 70 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 5, sentence 70 Hence every one shook the head doubtfully when one day an herb-gatherer of the village, named Weidemann, declared that he had not only been near the Stag, but that the animal had come close to him, leaned against him, eaten of the plants he carried, and finally had followed him part way down the declivity of the mountain. **Who acts:** one, Weidemann, animal · **What happens:** shake, name, declare, have, not be, come · **To what, where:** head, herb gatherer, Stag, plants, animal, declivity · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Weidemann, animal), 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:pg74323:6:70 # text = Hence every one shook the head doubtfully when one day an herb-gatherer of the village, named Weidemann, declared that he had not only been near the Stag, but that the animal had come close to him, leaned against him, eaten of the plants he carried, and finally had followed him part way down the declivity of the mountain. 1 Hence hence ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 doubtfully doubtfully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 gatherer gatherer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 20 Weidemann Weidemann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 29 near near ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Stag Stag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 39 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 finally finally ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl:unmarked _ _ 61 down down ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 declivity declivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past | every one | the head | | | | doubtfully, hence *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **name** | participle · passive | | a herb gatherer of the village | | | day | Weidemann *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | every one *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Weidemann | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | the Stag | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | the animal | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **learn** | past | | | | | | against Weidemann | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **eat** | participle | | | | | | of the plants | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of plant=Source | | 9 | **carry** | past | animal | the plants *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | | 10 | **follow** | past · perfect | | animal | | the declivity of the mountain | | part way *obl:unmarked*; finally *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme down declivity=Trajectory | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)