--- title: In the days before authentic history a race of giants dwelt hereabou… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: In the days before authentic history a race of giants dwelt hereabout, who, fearing the mountain-spirit,[1] piled up these cliffs and constructed thus a giant fortress, of which these cliffs are the proud remains. Who acts: race, hereabout, giants. 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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 (race, hereabout, giants), 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:pg74323:16:17 # text = In the days before authentic history a race of giants dwelt hereabout, who, fearing the mountain-spirit,[1] piled up these cliffs and constructed thus a giant fortress, of which these cliffs are the proud remains. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 authentic authentic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 hereabout hereabout NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 appos _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 25 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 constructed construct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 thus thus ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | past | a race of giants | hereabout | | | day | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hereabout=Location | | 2 | **fear** | gerund | hereabout | the mountain spirit | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spirit=Stimulus | | 3 | **pile up** | participle | | this cliffs | | | | 1 *discourse* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Destination | | 4 | **construct** | past | a race of giants *not said here* | a giant fortress | | | | thus *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortress=Result | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the proud remains | | | | which *nsubj*; this cliffs *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **race** | | giants | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/18/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)