--- title: At first they heard quietly his earnest words; but as he began to co… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At first they heard quietly his earnest words; but as he began to condemn the gods so dear to them, and challenged them to break in pieces their idols, and turn to the worship of the only true God, their rage kindled. Who acts: tops, stranger, rage, only true God. 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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 (tops, stranger, rage, only true God), 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:pg74323:16:4 # text = At first they heard quietly his earnest words; but as he began to condemn the gods so dear to them, and challenged them to break in pieces their idols, and turn to the worship of the only true God, their rage kindled. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 condemn condemn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 challenged challenge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | tops *= top* | stranger's earnest words | | | | quietly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **begin** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **condemn** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | the gods | | | | dear *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 4 | **challenge** | past | tops *= top* *not said here* | tops *= top* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break** | to-infinitive | tops *= top* *not said here* | | | pieces and tops's idols | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | | 6 | **turn** | infinitive | tops *= top* *not said here* | | | the worship of the only true God | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to worship=Trajectory | | 7 | **kindle** | past | tops's rage | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **word** | | stranger | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **worship** | | the only true God | | | | | | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **rage** | | tops *= top* | | | | | | nom rage «feeling 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/5/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)