--- title: He seized his lance and battle-axe, hurled his javelin into the thic… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He seized his lance and battle-axe, hurled his javelin into the thickest ranks of the enemy, his arrow to that point where their leader stood, and stormed after them down the hill like a rock suddenly broken from the mountain's side, crushing and destroying all on his way, defending himself against --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/56/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/) / 56 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 56 He seized his lance and battle-axe, hurled his javelin into the thickest ranks of the enemy, his arrow to that point where their leader stood, and stormed after them down the hill like a rock suddenly broken from the mountain's side, crushing and destroying all on his way, defending himself against the cloud of arrows that met his advance with his huge shield. **Who acts:** wind, leader, arrows · **What happens:** seize, hurl, stand, storm, break, crush · **To what, where:** lance, javelin, thickest ranks, rock, all, way This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wind, leader, arrows), 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:pg74323:11:56 # text = He seized his lance and battle-axe, hurled his javelin into the thickest ranks of the enemy, his arrow to that point where their leader stood, and stormed after them down the hill like a rock suddenly broken from the mountain's side, crushing and destroying all on his way, defending himself against the cloud of arrows that met his advance with his huge shield. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hurled hurl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 javelin javelin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 ranks rank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 stormed storm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 down down ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 crushing crush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 destroying destroy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 conj _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 obj _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 defending defend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 conj _ _ 58 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 57 obj _ _ 59 against against ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ _ 64 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 70 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | wind | wind's lance and battle axe | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lance=Theme | | 2 | **hurl** | past | wind *not said here* | wind's javelin | | the thickest ranks of the enemy | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent javelin=Theme into rank=Destination | | 3 | **stand** | past | ranks's leader | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **storm** | participle | wind *not said here* | | | | after ranks *= rank* | down the hill like a rock | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 5 | **break** | participle | | a rock *not said here* | | | | from the mountain's side; suddenly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from side=Co-Patient | | 6 | **crush** | gerund | wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **destroy** | gerund | wind *not said here* | all | | wind's way | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient | | 8 | **defend** | gerund | wind *not said here* | wind | | | | against the cloud of arrows | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary against cloud=Theme | | 9 | **meet** | past | arrows | wind's advance | | | | with wind's huge shield | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent advance=Theme with shield=Instrument | | 10 | **cloud** | | | arrows | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **advance** | | wind | | | | | | nom advance «event intransitive»: 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/57/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/11/)