--- title: "I have obeyed your command, gestrenger Herr--your Lordship--and in… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "I have obeyed your command, gestrenger Herr--your Lordship--and in case of the worst have buried the treasures in the small vault, three times seven paces from the tower westward, and three times seven paces from the entrance gates to the south. Who acts: door, your. 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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 (door, your), 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:pg74323:7:108 # text = "I have obeyed your command, gestrenger Herr--your Lordship--and in case of the worst have buried the treasures in the small vault, three times seven paces from the tower westward, and three times seven paces from the entrance gates to the south. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 obeyed obey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 gestrenger gestrenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Lordship lordship NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 appos _ _ 31 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 westward westward ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a door *= door* | your command and gestrenger and your Lordship | | | | seven paces three times from the entrance gates to the south *obl*; case *parataxis* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | | 2 | **bury** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the worst | | the small vault | | the treasures *obj* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme treasure=Destination | | 3 | **command** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom command «communication 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/109/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)