--- title: Graumännchen was much pleased at this kindness, thanked the fisherma… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Graumännchen was much pleased at this kindness, thanked the fisherman in the warmest terms, and said, "Thou art a good, obliging man, and since thou hast fulfiled my wish, I could wish that thou also hadst a wish or two that I might grant." Who acts: Graumännchen, thou, wish, my. 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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 (Graumännchen, thou, wish, my), 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:pg74323:7:85 # text = Graumännchen was much pleased at this kindness, thanked the fisherman in the warmest terms, and said, "Thou art a good, obliging man, and since thou hast fulfiled my wish, I could wish that thou also hadst a wish or two that I might grant." 1 Graumännchen Graumännchen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 appos _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 warmest warm ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 obliging oblige VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 since since SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 fulfiled fulfile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 hadst have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 conj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | this kindness | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Graumännchen | the fisherman | | the warmest terms | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **oblige** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fulfile** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | my wish *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | could | Graumännchen | that | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | thou | a wish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 8 | **grant** *in a quote* | might | a wish | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **wish** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/86/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)