--- title: He had to wait long before his knocking was heard, for the storm tur… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He had to wait long before his knocking was heard, for the storm turned the weathercock with a rattling noise, shook the tiles of the roof, and threw at intervals an open-hanging shutter violently to and fro. Who acts: wanderer, storm. 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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 (wanderer, storm), 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:pg74323:22:105 # text = He had to wait long before his knocking was heard, for the storm turned the weathercock with a rattling noise, shook the tiles of the roof, and threw at intervals an open-hanging shutter violently to and fro. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 knocking knocking NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 weathercock weathercock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 rattling rattling NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tiles tile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 shutter shutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 39 violently violently ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | wanderer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | wanderer *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past · passive | | wanderer's knocking | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **turn** | past | the storm | the weathercock | | | | with a rattling noise | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent weathercock=Theme | | 5 | **shake** | past | the storm *not said here* | the tiles of the roof | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tile=Patient | | 6 | **throw** | past | | a hanging shutter | | intervals | | violently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shutter=Theme at interval=Destination | | 7 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fro** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **knock** | | wanderer | | | | | | nom knocking «event intransitive»: poss=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/106/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)