--- title: The terrible howlings begin afresh, the hand trembles and vanishes w… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The terrible howlings begin afresh, the hand trembles and vanishes with the Gold-Krone, soon all grows fearfully still, drops of blood rise to the surface, then a whole stream--the brave Crusader never returns. Who acts: terrible howlings, hand, all, brave Crusader. 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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 (terrible howlings, hand, all, brave Crusader), 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:pg74323:2:99 # text = The terrible howlings begin afresh, the hand trembles and vanishes with the Gold-Krone, soon all grows fearfully still, drops of blood rise to the surface, then a whole stream--the brave Crusader never returns. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 howlings howling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 afresh afresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 trembles tremble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 vanishes vanish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Krone Krone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 fearfully fearfully ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Crusader crusader NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | present | the terrible howlings | | | | | afresh *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **tremble** | present | the hand | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **vanish** | present | the hand *not said here* | | | | | with the Gold Krone | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | present | all | drops of blood rise to the surface | | | still | a whole stream *obl*; soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **return** | present | the brave Crusader *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/100/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/2/)