--- title: The chimes possess an incomprehensible power over the mind, and awak… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The chimes possess an incomprehensible power over the mind, and awake the inner life to devotion and holy reflections; and I never look across to the towers whence those bold and fearless tones rise on the air, without seeing in them landmarks pointing to heaven." 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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 (chimes, I, bold tones, seeing), 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:pg74323:24:43 # text = The chimes possess an incomprehensible power over the mind, and awake the inner life to devotion and holy reflections; and I never look across to the towers whence those bold and fearless tones rise on the air, without seeing in them landmarks pointing to heaven." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chimes chime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 incomprehensible incomprehensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 devotion devotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 reflections reflection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 across across ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 31 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 32 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 fearless fearless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 35 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 without without SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 csubj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 landmarks landmark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 46 pointing point VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 xcomp _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | the chimes | a incomprehensible power | | the mind | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme | | 2 | **awake** | infinitive | the chimes *not said here* | the inner life | | | | to devotion and holy reflections | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=Theme | | 3 | **not** **look** | present | I | | | | | to the towers; across *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tower=Theme | | 4 | **rise** | present | that bold tones | | | the air | | whence *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on air=Location | | 5 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | in tones *= tone* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **landmark** | present | seeing | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **point** | gerund | seeing *not said here* | | heaven | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to heaven=Recipient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/44/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/24/)