Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 65

He replied that the etiquette of his court was still more severe than at hers; it was not permitted him to take anything with his hands, only with his feet or head.

Who acts: prince, etiquette · What happens: reply, be, not permit, take · To what, where: etiquette, anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, etiquette), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 replied	nsubj
2	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 severe	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 etiquette	det
5	etiquette	etiquette	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 severe	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 court	nmod:poss
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 etiquette	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 severe	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 severe	advmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 severe	advmod
12	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 replied	ccomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 hers	case
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 hers	case
15	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 severe	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 permitted	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 permitted	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 permitted	aux:pass
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 permitted	advmod
20	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 replied	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 permitted	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 take	mark
23	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 permitted	advcl
24	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	23 take	obj
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 hands	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 hands	nmod:poss
27	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 take	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 feet	punct
29	only	only	ADV	_	32 feet	advmod
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 feet	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 feet	nmod:poss
32	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 take	obl
33	or	or	CCONJ	_	34 head	cc
34	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 feet	conj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	past	prince				vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the etiquette of prince's court		still	than Princess; severe property	tree rules
3	not permit	past · passive		etiquette		prince obj	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme he=Location
4	take	to-infinitive		anything		with prince's hands; with prince's feet or head	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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.

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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 65

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 65