--- title: Suddenly the most terrible thunder rolled, a mighty flash of lightni… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly the most terrible thunder rolled, a mighty flash of lightning swept the hall, the earth quaked and opened, the walls trembled, the tower shook and fell with an awful noise that was heard miles away. Who acts: mighty flash, earth, walls, tower. 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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 (mighty flash, earth, walls, tower), 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:pg74323:16:78 # text = Suddenly the most terrible thunder rolled, a mighty flash of lightning swept the hall, the earth quaked and opened, the walls trembled, the tower shook and fell with an awful noise that was heard miles away. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 quaked quake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | participle · passive | | the terrible thunder | | | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 2 | **sweep** | past | a mighty flash of lightning | the hall | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Trajectory | | 3 | **quake** | past | the earth | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **open** | past | the earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tremble** | past | the walls | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shake** | past | the tower | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **fall** | past | the tower *not said here* | | | | | with a awful noise | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | past · passive | | a awful noise | | | | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 9 | **flash** | | lightning | | | | | | nom flash «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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/78/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/16/)