--- title: Sometimes they only came in small numbers, but the terror of their n… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes they only came in small numbers, but the terror of their name went before them, and caused the inhabitants, despite their peculiar bravery, without opposition, to flee into the ravines and caves, while the enemy took possession of all they could lay hands on. 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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 (mountaineers, terror, enemy), 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:pg74323:11:47 # text = Sometimes they only came in small numbers, but the terror of their name went before them, and caused the inhabitants, despite their peculiar bravery, without opposition, to flee into the ravines and caves, while the enemy took possession of all they could lay hands on. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 despite despite ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 bravery bravery NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 without without ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 opposition opposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ravines ravine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 50 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 51 on on ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | mountaineers *= mountaineer* | | | small numbers | | sometimes *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 2 | **go** | past | the terror of mountaineers's name | | | | before mountaineers *= mountaineer* | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before they=Location | | 3 | **cause** | past | | the inhabitants | | | | without opposition; mountaineers's peculiar bravery *conj* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition inhabitant=Patient | | 4 | **flee** | to-infinitive | mountaineers *= mountaineer* *not said here* | | | the ravines and caves | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into ravine=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** | past | the enemy | possession of all | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | could | mountaineers *= mountaineer* | hands | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Result | | 7 | **name** | | mountaineers *= mountaineer* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/48/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)