--- title: And the leader cried: "Fasten a rope to the arch of the gates, give… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: And the leader cried: "Fasten a rope to the arch of the gates, give him an hour to say his prayers, but in the deepest dungeon, and then hang him for a punishment and a warning." Who acts: leader. 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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 (leader), 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:pg74323:7:117 # text = And the leader cried: "Fasten a rope to the arch of the gates, give him an hour to say his prayers, but in the deepest dungeon, and then hang him for a punishment and a warning." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Fasten fasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 arch arch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the leader | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fasten** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a rope | | the deepest dungeon | | to the arch of the gates | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to arch=Co-Patient | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present | | | leader | | hour | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | leader's prayers | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | | 5 | **hang** *in a quote* | infinitive | | leader | | | then | for a punishment and a warning | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **pray** *in a quote* | | leader | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/118/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)