--- title: And Fishersche addressed them in a loud voice: "Ye good ravens, ye a… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And Fishersche addressed them in a loud voice: "Ye good ravens, ye are as old as the Harz and the primeval forests, and ye know all things; hence ye shall tell me the history of the White Stag." Who acts: Fishersche, Ye. 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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 (Fishersche, Ye), 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:pg74323:6:91 # text = And Fishersche addressed them in a loud voice: "Ye good ravens, ye are as old as the Harz and the primeval forests, and ye know all things; hence ye shall tell me the history of the White Stag." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Fishersche Fishersche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Harz Harz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 primeval primeval NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 hence hence ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Stag Stag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | past | Fishersche | das *= da* | | a loud voice | | | tree rules | | 2 | **raven** *in a quote* | | Ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | as the Harz and the primeval forests; old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | ye | all things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | shall | ye | the history of the White Stag | a hoarse croaking *= croaking* | | | hence *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient history=Topic | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/92/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)