--- title: The fisherman almost devoured the singular picture with his eyes, an… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The fisherman almost devoured the singular picture with his eyes, and in his admiration could not turn away his gaze, till Graumännchen put an end to his puzzlement with the question, "Thy wish is granted; art thou satisfied?" Who acts: fisherman, Graumännchen, Thy. 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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 (fisherman, Graumännchen, Thy), 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:pg74323:7:95 # text = The fisherman almost devoured the singular picture with his eyes, and in his admiration could not turn away his gaze, till Graumännchen put an end to his puzzlement with the question, "Thy wish is granted; art thou satisfied?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 almost almost ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 away away ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 Graumännchen Graumännchen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 puzzlement puzzlement NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ _ 43 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devour** | past | the fisherman | the singular picture | | | | with Fisherman's eyes; almost *property* | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient | | 2 | **not** **turn away** | could | the fisherman *not said here* | Fisherman's gaze | | Fisherman's admiration | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | past | Graumännchen | a end | | | | to Graumännchen's puzzlement; with the question | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Thy wish | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **admire** | | Fisherman | | | | | | nom admiration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **gaze** | | Fisherman | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **puzzle** | | Graumännchen | | | | | | nom puzzlement «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | | Thy | | | | | | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/96/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)