--- title: He gained confidence as he looked around him to mark the place, reso… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He gained confidence as he looked around him to mark the place, resolving the next day to bring his wife and children to see it, and convince them that all the tales about the terrors of the Gegensteine were untrue. Who acts: farmer, tales. 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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 (farmer, tales), 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:pg74323:9:54 # text = He gained confidence as he looked around him to mark the place, resolving the next day to bring his wife and children to see it, and convince them that all the tales about the terrors of the Gegensteine were untrue. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 mark mark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 resolving resolve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 convince convince VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 terrors terror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Gegensteine Gegensteine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gain** | past | farmer | confidence | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | farmer | | | | | around notion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around he=Theme | | 3 | **mark** | to-infinitive | farmer *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Destination | | 4 | **resolve** | gerund | farmer *not said here* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | to-infinitive | farmer *not said here* | | farmer's wife and children | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | farmer *not said here* | place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **convince** | infinitive | | wife | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | all tales about the terrors of the Gegensteine | | | | | untrue *property* | tree rules | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/55/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)