--- title: There he lay, and could not for some time collect his thoughts; but… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: There he lay, and could not for some time collect his thoughts; but when he came to his full senses a deep sorrow seized him to see what he had brought upon himself through his foolish wish. Who acts: leader, deep sorrow. 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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, deep sorrow), 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:pg74323:7:119 # text = There he lay, and could not for some time collect his thoughts; but when he came to his full senses a deep sorrow seized him to see what he had brought upon himself through his foolish wish. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 11 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 to to SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 senses sense VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | leader | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **collect** | could | leader *not said here* | leader's thoughts | | | time | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | leader | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sense** | present | leader *not said here* | | | | | leader *nmod:poss* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **seize** | past | a deep sorrow | leader | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | a deep sorrow *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | | | leader's foolish wish | | upon leader; what *nsubj:pass* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **think** | | leader | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **wish** | | leader | | | | | | nom wish «feeling 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/120/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)