--- title: Hardly had he the flower in his hand when a fearful, rumbling sound… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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 (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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:10:119 # text = 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. 1 Hardly hardly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 rumbling rumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 30 crashing crash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 brim brim NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 with with SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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. - ← previous: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/119/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)