--- title: Suddenly he heard a loud roar and noise, as of a hunter riding furio… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly he heard a loud roar and noise, as of a hunter riding furiously past; he was terrified, dismounted in haste from his horse, and approaching a tree, as if for defence, cried aloud to the imagined huntsman, asking if he intended violence. Who acts: Earl, hunter. 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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 (Earl, hunter), 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:pg74323:13:3 # text = Suddenly he heard a loud roar and noise, as of a hunter riding furiously past; he was terrified, dismounted in haste from his horse, and approaching a tree, as if for defence, cried aloud to the imagined huntsman, asking if he intended violence. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 past past ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dismounted dismount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 huntsman huntsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Earl | a loud roar and noise | | | | a hunter *conj*; suddenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer roar=Stimulus | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | a hunter *not said here* | | | | | furiously, past *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Earl | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dismount** | participle | Earl *not said here* | | | haste from Earl's horse | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **approach** | gerund | Earl *not said here* | a tree | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Earl *not said here* | | the imagined huntsman | | | for defence; aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to huntsman=Recipient | | 7 | **imagine** | participle | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Earl *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **intend** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Earl | violence | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent violence=Topic | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/4/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/13/)