--- title: It was not a dream, for all the pins lay there before him; but knowi… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: It was not a dream, for all the pins lay there before him; but knowing that his neighbours in Attenbrack would hold him for a dreamer without proof, he decided to take the pins home with him. Who acts: cause, pins, forest, neighbours. 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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 (cause, pins, forest, neighbours), 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:pg74323:9:30 # text = It was not a dream, for all the pins lay there before him; but knowing that his neighbours in Attenbrack would hold him for a dreamer without proof, he decided to take the pins home with him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pins pin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 17 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Attenbrack Attenbrack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dreamer dreamer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 without without ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pins pin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 home home ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | cause | a dream | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | past | all pins | | | there | before forest | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 3 | **know** | gerund | forest *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hold** | would | forest's neighbours in Attenbrack | forest | | | | for a dreamer; without proof | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **decide** | past | forest | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | forest *not said here* | the pins | | | | with forest; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Theme | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/31/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)