--- title: Weidemann was surprised himself at this confidence, which grew every… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Weidemann was surprised himself at this confidence, which grew every day; and it seemed to him, when the stag gazed at him with its clear eyes so winningly, as if it would speak, and only language failed. Who acts: Weidemann, confidence, it, stag. 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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 (Weidemann, confidence, it, stag), 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:pg74323:6:73 # text = Weidemann was surprised himself at this confidence, which grew every day; and it seemed to him, when the stag gazed at him with its clear eyes so winningly, as if it would speak, and only language failed. 1 Weidemann Weidemann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 winningly winningly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Weidemann | | | this confidence | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | past | this confidence | | | | day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | it | | Weidemann | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **gaze** | past | the stag | | | | | at Weidemann; with Stag's clear eyes; winningly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Stag | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fail** | past | language | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/74/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)