Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 118
Hardly had he the flower in his hand when a fearful, rumbling sound arose in the heart of the mountain, the ground close to his feet sank crashing into the depths, and a huge cauldron rose in flame, filled to the brim with glittering gold pieces.
Who acts: fearful rumbling sound, ground, huge cauldron, brim · What happens: have, rumble, arise, sink, crash, rise · To what, where: weaver, hand, heart, depths, flame, gold pieces
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fearful rumbling sound, ground, huge cauldron, brim), 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 | Hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 2 had | advmod |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 flower | det |
| 5 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 arose | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 sound | det |
| 11 | fearful | fearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sound | amod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rumbling | punct |
| 13 | rumbling | rumble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 sound | amod |
| 14 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 arose | nsubj |
| 15 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | advcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 heart | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 heart | det |
| 18 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 arose | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 mountain | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 mountain | det |
| 21 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 heart | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ground | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 ground | det |
| 24 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sank | nsubj |
| 25 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 ground | amod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 feet | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 feet | nmod:poss |
| 28 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 close | obl |
| 29 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 arose | advcl |
| 30 | crashing | crash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 sank | xcomp |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 depths | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 depths | det |
| 33 | depths | depth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 crashing | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 rose | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 rose | cc |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 cauldron | det |
| 37 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 cauldron | amod |
| 38 | cauldron | cauldron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 rose | nsubj |
| 39 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | parataxis |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 flame | case |
| 41 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 rose | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 filled | punct |
| 43 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 rose | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 brim | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 brim | det |
| 46 | brim | brim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 filled | obl |
| 47 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 48 glittering | mark |
| 48 | glittering | glitter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 brim | acl |
| 49 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 pieces | compound |
| 50 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 glittering | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | weaver | weaver's hand | the flower obj; hardly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | rumble | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | arise | past | a fearful rumbling sound | the heart of the mountain | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | ||||
| 4 | sink | past | the ground | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | crash | gerund | the ground not said here | into the depths result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into depth=Result | ||||
| 6 | rise | past | a huge cauldron | flame | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in flame=Location | ||||
| 7 | fill | participle | a huge cauldron not said here | to the brim | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | glitter | gerund | the brim not said here | gold pieces | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=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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