--- title: "Ah, Herr!" replied the herb-gatherer sadly, "so long as I can remem… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "Ah, Herr!" replied the herb-gatherer sadly, "so long as I can remember, and my parents and grandparents, no castle has stood there, and neither knight nor maiden has dwelt in its broken walls. Who acts: Herr. 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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 (Herr), 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:pg74323:7:56 # text = "Ah, Herr!" replied the herb-gatherer sadly, "so long as I can remember, and my parents and grandparents, no castle has stood there, and neither knight nor maiden has dwelt in its broken walls. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 gatherer gatherer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 38 cc _ _ 38 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Herr | the herb gatherer | | | | long, sadly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gatherer=Topic | | 2 | **remember** *in a quote* | can | Herr | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | my parents and grandparents | | there | | no castle *nsubj:pass* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | neither knight nor maiden | | castle's broken walls | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 5 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/57/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)