--- title: The foul fiend raised himself to his greatest height, breathing flam… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The foul fiend raised himself to his greatest height, breathing flames of fire from mouth and nostrils, and cried in a hollow, smothered voice, like the sound of distant thunder: "Only once more can ye draw lots, no more. Who acts: foul fiend, ye, fire. 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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 (foul fiend, ye, fire), 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:pg74323:21:34 # text = The foul fiend raised himself to his greatest height, breathing flames of fire from mouth and nostrils, and cried in a hollow, smothered voice, like the sound of distant thunder: "Only once more can ye draw lots, no more. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 smothered smother VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 advmod _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 43 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | the foul fiend | fiend | | fiend's greatest height | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to height=Destination | | 2 | **breathe** | gerund | the foul fiend *not said here* | flames of fire | | mouth and nostrils | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | a hollow smothered voice | | like the sound of distant thunder | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 4 | **smother** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **draw** *in a quote* | can | ye | lots | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 6 | **flame** | | fire | | | | | | nom flame «process 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/35/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)