--- title: The evening of an October Sunday fell softly over the mountains; the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The evening of an October Sunday fell softly over the mountains; the tops of the fir-trees, rocks, and mountains were bathed in the golden splendour of sunset; on the whole scene lay deep silence, only the waves of the Oder murmured in the distance their eternal song; only the timid game left its se --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/) / 49 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 5, sentence 49 The evening of an October Sunday fell softly over the mountains; the tops of the fir-trees, rocks, and mountains were bathed in the golden splendour of sunset; on the whole scene lay deep silence, only the waves of the Oder murmured in the distance their eternal song; only the timid game left its secure hiding-place, stole cautiously with light, slow steps out of the thickets, and sought the spicy plants or the cooling spring. **Who acts:** evening, waves, timid game, mountains · **What happens:** fall, bath, lie, murmur, leave, steal · **To what, where:** tops, mountains, golden splendour, deep silence, whole scene, secure hiding place This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evening, waves, timid game, mountains), 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:pg74323:22:49 # text = The evening of an October Sunday fell softly over the mountains; the tops of the fir-trees, rocks, and mountains were bathed in the golden splendour of sunset; on the whole scene lay deep silence, only the waves of the Oder murmured in the distance their eternal song; only the timid game left its secure hiding-place, stole cautiously with light, slow steps out of the thickets, and sought the spicy plants or the cooling spring. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 softly softly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 bathed bath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 38 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 39 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Oder Oder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 eternal eternal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 56 only only ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 62 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 63 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 68 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 74 out out ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 thickets thicket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 spicy spicy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obj _ _ 84 or or CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 cooling cooling NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 compound _ _ 87 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the evening of a October Sunday | the tops of the fir trees and rocks | | the mountains | | softly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over mountain=Location | | 2 | **bath** | past · passive | | mountains | | the golden splendour of sunset | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | past | | deep silence | | the whole scene | | slow steps out the thickets *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location silence=Theme | | 4 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | the waves of the Oder | | | | | in the distance mountains's eternal song | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in distance=Location | | 5 | **leave** | past | the timid game | game's secure hiding place | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 6 | **steal** | past | the timid game *not said here* | | | | | with light; cautiously *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seek** | past | | the spicy plants or the cooling spring | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | | 8 | **wave** | | | the Oder | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **sing** | | mountains *= mountain* | | | | | | nom song «communication 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/50/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)