--- title: Then a ray of sunshine bursts forth, making the colossal rocks glitt… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Then a ray of sunshine bursts forth, making the colossal rocks glitter like silver towers, and the waterfall like dropping diamonds, and through the pearly foam appeared a hand holding the Golden Crown; the howlings became weaker, and the whisper went round, "He has conquered!" 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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 (ray, colossal rocks, waterfall, pearly foam), 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:pg74323:2:94 # text = Then a ray of sunshine bursts forth, making the colossal rocks glitter like silver towers, and the waterfall like dropping diamonds, and through the pearly foam appeared a hand holding the Golden Crown; the howlings became weaker, and the whisper went round, "He has conquered!" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 bursts burst VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 colossal colossal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 glitter glitter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 xcomp _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 waterfall waterfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 21 like like SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 dropping drop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 23 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 pearly pearly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Crown Crown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 howlings howling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 41 weaker weak ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 round round ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | present | a ray of sunshine | | | | then | the waterfall *conj*; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | gerund | a ray of sunshine *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **glitter** | present | the colossal rocks | | | | | like silver towers | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **drop** | gerund | the waterfall *not said here* | diamonds | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | past | the pearly foam | a hand | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | gerund | a hand *not said here* | the Golden Crown | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | the howlings | | | | | weak *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **go round** | past | the whisper | | | | | round *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **conquer** *in a quote* | present · perfect | whisper | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **ray** | | | sunshine | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/95/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)