--- title: Nevertheless, it happened that once when a body of these giants brok… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless, it happened that once when a body of these giants broke into these mountains, the bravest of the inhabitants united in defence against them; clad in steel, with shield and spear, they marched to meet the advancing foe. Who acts: it, body, size. 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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 (it, body, size), 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:pg74323:11:51 # text = Nevertheless, it happened that once when a body of these giants broke into these mountains, the bravest of the inhabitants united in defence against them; clad in steel, with shield and spear, they marched to meet the advancing foe. 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 advcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 advancing advance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break** | past | a body of this giants | | | | | into this mountains *result*; once *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mountain=Result | | 3 | **clad** | participle | | | | steel | | shield and spear *parataxis* | tree rules | | 4 | **march** | past | size | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | size *not said here* | the advancing foe | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Co-Agent | | 6 | **advance** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/52/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)