--- title: The unlucky farmer never knew how he got out of the cave; only, as h… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The unlucky farmer never knew how he got out of the cave; only, as he came to himself, he remembered having seen the _Gott-sei-bei-uns_[1] in the midst of a terrible confusion and fire-rain in giant form, surrounded by a thousand imps, rise out of the pit, holding in one claw the copper with the gol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/74/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/) / 74 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 8, sentence 74 The unlucky farmer never knew how he got out of the cave; only, as he came to himself, he remembered having seen the \_Gott-sei-bei-uns\_\[1\] in the midst of a terrible confusion and fire-rain in giant form, surrounded by a thousand imps, rise out of the pit, holding in one claw the copper with the gold, in the other the tray. **Who acts:** unlucky farmer, farmer, Gott · **What happens:** not know, get out, come, remember, have, see · **To what, where:** farmer, terrible confusion, midst, pit, copper, one claw · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unlucky farmer, farmer, Gott), 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:pg74323:9:74 # text = The unlucky farmer never knew how he got out of the cave; only, as he came to himself, he remembered having seen the _Gott-sei-bei-uns_[1] in the midst of a terrible confusion and fire-rain in giant form, surrounded by a thousand imps, rise out of the pit, holding in one claw the copper with the gold, in the other the tray. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 25 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 27 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Gott Gott PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 sei sei NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 bei bei NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 uns un NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 58 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 obl _ _ 58 imps imp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 out out ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 69 nummod _ _ 69 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 obl _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 tray tray NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past | the unlucky farmer | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **get out** | past | farmer | | | | | of the cave; out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of cave=Source | | 3 | **come** | past | farmer | | farmer | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **remember** | past | farmer | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **un** | | Gott | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **surround** | participle | | a terrible confusion and fire rain in giant form *not said here* | | | | by a thousand | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **imp** | present | | | | the midst of a terrible confusion and fire rain in giant form | | 1 *discourse* | tree rules | | 10 | **rise** | infinitive | | | | the pit | | in the other the tray | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out pit=Location | | 11 | **hold** | gerund | | the copper | | one claw | | with the gold | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent copper=Theme in claw=Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/75/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)