--- title: At the same time the immediate fulfilment of his wish appeared to ha… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the same time the immediate fulfilment of his wish appeared to have its shady sides, for the soldiers who stood on the walls of the castle grew noisy, and called down to him with abusive and threatening words, and commanded him at once to bring up all the fish and other articles of provision whic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/97/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/) / 97 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 6, sentence 97 At the same time the immediate fulfilment of his wish appeared to have its shady sides, for the soldiers who stood on the walls of the castle grew noisy, and called down to him with abusive and threatening words, and commanded him at once to bring up all the fish and other articles of provision which he had, or his last hour was come. **Who acts:** immediate fulfilment, soldiers, fulfilment · **What happens:** appear, have, stand, grow, call down, threaten · **To what, where:** shady sides, walls, fulfilment, fish, provision, last hour · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (immediate fulfilment, soldiers, fulfilment), 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:pg74323:7:97 # text = At the same time the immediate fulfilment of his wish appeared to have its shady sides, for the soldiers who stood on the walls of the castle grew noisy, and called down to him with abusive and threatening words, and commanded him at once to bring up all the fish and other articles of provision which he had, or his last hour was come. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fulfilment fulfilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of 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 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 abusive abusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 threatening threaten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 articles article NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obj _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 63 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish | | | | time | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish *not said here* | question's shady sides | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | past | the soldiers | | | the walls of the castle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | | 4 | **grow** | past | the soldiers | | | | | noisy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **call down** *speech: assert* | participle | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish *not said here* | | fulfilment | | | with abusive threatening words | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **threaten** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **command** | past | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish *not said here* | fulfilment | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent he=Theme at once=Eventuality | | 8 | **bring up** | to-infinitive | the immediate fulfilment of fulfilment's wish *not said here* | all fish and other articles of provision | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 9 | **have** | past | fulfilment | provision | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 10 | **come** | past · passive | | fulfilment's last hour | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **fulfil** | | | fulfilment's wish | | | | | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **wish** | | fulfilment | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **article** | | | provision | | | | | nom article «communication transitive»: of=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/98/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)