--- title: The Giant uttered a cry of fury that shook the castle to its foundat… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The Giant uttered a cry of fury that shook the castle to its foundations, seized his battle-axe, and mounted his war-horse, crying: "If she flee to the Nidhöggar[3] in the Schlangengrund[4] I will bring her hence!" Who acts: Giant, cry, horse, fury. 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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 (Giant, cry, horse, fury), 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:pg74323:2:31 # text = The Giant uttered a cry of fury that shook the castle to its foundations, seized his battle-axe, and mounted his war-horse, crying: "If she flee to the Nidhöggar[3] in the Schlangengrund[4] I will bring her hence!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 foundations foundation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 If if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Nidhöggar Nidhöggar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Schlangengrund Schlangengrund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 hence hence ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | the Giant | a cry of fury | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shake** | past | a cry of fury | the castle | | castle's foundations | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent castle=Theme to foundation=Trajectory | | 3 | **seize** | past | a cry of fury *not said here* | thought's battle axe | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 4 | **mount** | past | the Giant *not said here* | thought's war horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the Giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **flee** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | horse | | | the Schlangengrund | | to the Nidhöggar | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | the Giant *= giant* | | horse | | | hence *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 8 | **cry** | | fury | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)