--- title: With a countenance red with anger, he pounced upon the trembling man… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: With a countenance red with anger, he pounced upon the trembling man, thrust him out of his humble posture, and cried in a voice of thunder, "Insolent beggar! how couldst thou dare to enter my castle? Who acts: darkness, thou. 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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 (darkness, thou), 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:pg74323:22:78 # text = With a countenance red with anger, he pounced upon the trembling man, thrust him out of his humble posture, and cried in a voice of thunder, "Insolent beggar! how couldst thou dare to enter my castle? 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pounced pounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 trembling trembling NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Insolent insolent NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 couldst could AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pounce** | past | darkness | | | darkness's humble posture | | with a countenance; upon the trembling man and thrust heart | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon man=Trajectory | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | darkness *not said here* | Insolent beggar | | a voice of thunder | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 3 | **dare** *in a quote* | could | thou | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **enter** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | my castle | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/79/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)