--- title: On the way up the mountain there was a fearful internal throbbing an… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: On the way up the mountain there was a fearful internal throbbing and rumbling, rocks and masses of soil were dislodged, the earth reeled, then rocked again with such violence that I felt as if the horse and myself had gone over.” Who acts: earth, I, myself. 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D. Westervelt, Volcanic Activity. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (earth, I, myself), 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:pg66516:27:58 # text = On the way up the mountain there was a fearful internal throbbing and rumbling, rocks and masses of soil were dislodged, the earth reeled, then rocked again with such violence that I felt as if the horse and myself had gone over.” 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 4 up up ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 internal internal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 throbbing throbbing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 rumbling rumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 dislodged dislodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 reeled reel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 rocked rock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 40 case _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 45 over over ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rumble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dislodge** | past · passive | | a fearful internal throbbing | | the way up the mountain | | rocks and masses of soil *nsubj:pass* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **reel** | participle | the earth | | | | | | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **rock** | past | | | | | then; again | with such violence | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past | I | such violence | | | | as the horse | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 6 | **go over** | past · perfect | myself | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=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:** «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/59/) - ↑ back to [Volcanic Activity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/)