--- title: His anger cooled at the sight of the blood; fearful pangs of conscie… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: His anger cooled at the sight of the blood; fearful pangs of conscience seized the strong man, he repented his rash deed, turned hurriedly back, hoping he might yet quench the stream of blood, and save the unhappy boy. Who acts: anger, fearful pangs, Stolberg. 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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 (anger, fearful pangs, Stolberg), 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:pg74323:21:60 # text = His anger cooled at the sight of the blood; fearful pangs of conscience seized the strong man, he repented his rash deed, turned hurriedly back, hoping he might yet quench the stream of blood, and save the unhappy boy. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cooled cool VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 pangs pang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 repented repent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 rash rash ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 27 hurriedly hurriedly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 yet yet ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 quench quench VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool** | past | Stolberg's anger | | | the sight of the blood | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **seize** | past | fearful pangs of conscience | the strong man | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 3 | **repent** | past | anger | Stolberg's rash deed | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | past | fearful pangs of conscience *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | fearful pangs of conscience *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **quench** | might | anger | the stream of blood | | | yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stream=Experiencer | | 7 | **save** | infinitive | Stolberg's anger *not said here* | the unhappy boy | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | | 8 | **anger** | | Stolberg | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sight** | | | the blood | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/61/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)