--- title: "I will venture it!" he cried, dismounted, tied his horse to a tree,… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: "I will venture it!" he cried, dismounted, tied his horse to a tree, and went with light steps, as if afraid some one might hear him, over the fallen rocks, and stretched his neck to look into the cave. Who acts: farmer, one. 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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, one), 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:pg74323:9:57 # text = "I will venture it!" he cried, dismounted, tied his horse to a tree, and went with light steps, as if afraid some one might hear him, over the fallen rocks, and stretched his neck to look into the cave. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **venture** *in a quote* | future | farmer | struggle | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | farmer | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **dismount** | past | farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **tie** | past | farmer *not said here* | farmer's horse | | | | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | | 5 | **go** | past | farmer *not said here* | | | | | with light steps | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with step=Beneficiary | | 6 | **hear** | might | some one | farmer | | the fallen rocks | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stretch** | past | farmer *not said here* | farmer's neck | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 9 | **look** | to-infinitive | farmer *not said here* | | | | | into the cave | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into cave=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/58/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)