--- title: The earth groaned and thundered, the forests trembled, the birds and… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The earth groaned and thundered, the forests trembled, the birds and beasts fled in terror, long streaks of fire swept through the grim darkness, and the snorting of the steeds was like the roar of the Northwind. Who acts: earth, forests, birds, long streaks. 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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 (earth, forests, birds, long streaks), 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:pg74323:2:37 # text = The earth groaned and thundered, the forests trembled, the birds and beasts fled in terror, long streaks of fire swept through the grim darkness, and the snorting of the steeds was like the roar of the Northwind. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 groaned groan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 thundered thunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 streaks streak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 snorting snorting NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Northwind Northwind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **groan** | past | the earth | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **thunder** | past | the earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tremble** | past | the forests | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **flee** | past | the birds and beasts | | | terror | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sweep** | past | long streaks of fire | terror *not said here* | | the grim darkness | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent terror=Theme through darkness=Trajectory | | 6 | **is** | past | the snorting of the steeds | | | | | like the roar; of the Northwind | tree rules | | 7 | **snort** | | the steeds | | | | | | nom snorting «act 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/38/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)