--- title: Her blood boils, and in the anguish of her soul the brave Hun maiden… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Her blood boils, and in the anguish of her soul the brave Hun maiden leaps the abyss, falls like an avenging angel upon the villainous mountaineers, with two blows of her spear pierces them both to the heart, and conducts her friend and favourite--for she is said to have been a Hun Queen--home to he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/24/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/) / 24 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 24 Her blood boils, and in the anguish of her soul the brave Hun maiden leaps the abyss, falls like an avenging angel upon the villainous mountaineers, with two blows of her spear pierces them both to the heart, and conducts her friend and favourite--for she is said to have been a Hun Queen--home to her parents. **Who acts:** blood, brave Hun maiden, soul, spear pierces · **What happens:** boil, leap, fall, avenge, conduct, say · **To what, where:** abyss, anguish, friend, maiden, Hun Queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (blood, brave Hun maiden, soul, spear pierces), 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:pg74323:10:24 # text = Her blood boils, and in the anguish of her soul the brave Hun maiden leaps the abyss, falls like an avenging angel upon the villainous mountaineers, with two blows of her spear pierces them both to the heart, and conducts her friend and favourite--for she is said to have been a Hun Queen--home to her parents. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 boils boil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 anguish anguish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 Hun Hun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 abyss abyss NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 avenging avenge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 villainous villainous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 mountaineers mountaineer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 pierces pierce NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 conj _ _ 38 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 37 appos _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 conducts conduct VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 55 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux _ _ 56 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 cop _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Hun Hun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | present | maiden's blood | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leap** | present | the brave Hun maiden | the abyss | | the anguish of maiden's soul | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme abyss=Trajectory | | 3 | **fall** | present | the brave Hun maiden *not said here* | | | | | like a avenging angel upon the villainous mountaineers; two blows of maiden's spear pierces pierces to the heart *conj* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **avenge** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **conduct** | present | | maiden's friend | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | maiden | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect | | a Hun Queen | | | | home to maiden's parents *appos* | tree rules | | 8 | **anguish** | | maiden's soul | | | | | | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **blow** | | maiden's spear pierces pierces to the heart | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/25/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/10/)