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title: All became uproar, women ran moaning through the streets, girls lock… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: All became uproar, women ran moaning through the streets, girls locked themselves in their rooms, as if the robber were behind them, the older citizens talked and reasoned, the younger swore revenge, and the members of the town council moved with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall, 
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 99

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All became uproar, women ran moaning through the streets, girls locked themselves in their rooms, as if the robber were behind them, the older citizens talked and reasoned, the younger swore revenge, and the members of the town council moved with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall, where the walls of the dark council chamber should become silent witnesses of all the wisdom of their puffed-up pride and self-importance.

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**Who acts:** uproar, girls, older citizens, younger, members, walls · **What happens:** be, run, moan, lock, talk, swear · **To what, where:** uproar, streets, girls, rooms, revenge, silent witnesses

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (uproar, girls, older citizens, younger), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:13:99
# text = All became uproar, women ran moaning through the streets, girls locked themselves in their rooms, as if the robber were behind them, the older citizens talked and reasoned, the younger swore revenge, and the members of the town council moved with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall, where the walls of the dark council chamber should become silent witnesses of all the wisdom of their puffed-up pride and self-importance.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	uproar	uproar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	amod	_	_
29	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	nsubj	_	_
36	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
37	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
46	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	imposing	imposing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	mien	mien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
53	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	_
56	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
58	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	67	advmod	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nsubj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
63	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
64	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	_
65	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
66	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
67	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	parataxis	_	_
68	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	xcomp	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	73	det:predet	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
75	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	79	nmod:poss	_	_
76	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	79	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	78	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	up	up	ADP	RP	_	76	compound:prt	_	_
79	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
81	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	81	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | all uproar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | past | all uproar |  |  |  |  | women *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **moan** | gerund | all uproar *not said here* |  |  | the streets |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Location |
| 4 | **lock** | past | girls | girls *= girl* |  | girls's rooms |  | behind women *= woman* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 5 | **talk** | past | the older citizens |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **swear** | past | the younger | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Eventuality |
| 7 | **move** | past | the members of the town council |  |  |  |  | with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **become** | should | the walls of the dark council chamber | silent witnesses of all wisdom of women's puffed pride and self importance |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **puff up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 10 | **pride** |  | women *= woman* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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