--- title: It was the mouth of a cave, in the deeps of which pitch and sulphur… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: It was the mouth of a cave, in the deeps of which pitch and sulphur flames with loud hissing enveloped each other, and in the midst of this fire-gulf he saw a human form, over which the flames swept without consuming it, and which sought, wailing and moaning, to escape, but fell ever back into the b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/70/) [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/) / [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/) / 70 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 70 It was the mouth of a cave, in the deeps of which pitch and sulphur flames with loud hissing enveloped each other, and in the midst of this fire-gulf he saw a human form, over which the flames swept without consuming it, and which sought, wailing and moaning, to escape, but fell ever back into the boiling heat, with wringing of hands and tearing of hair. **Who acts:** smoke, deeps, Earl, flames, hair · **What happens:** be, envelop, see, sweep, consume, seek · **To what, where:** mouth, each, human form, midst, smoke, boiling heat This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (smoke, deeps, Earl, flames), 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:pg74323:4:70 # text = It was the mouth of a cave, in the deeps of which pitch and sulphur flames with loud hissing enveloped each other, and in the midst of this fire-gulf he saw a human form, over which the flames swept without consuming it, and which sought, wailing and moaning, to escape, but fell ever back into the boiling heat, with wringing of hands and tearing of hair. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 deeps deep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 enveloped envelop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 22 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 21 obj _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 gulf gulf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 45 without without SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 consuming consume VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 wailing wail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 moaning moan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 62 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 63 advmod _ _ 63 back back ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 64 into into ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 boiling boiling ADJ JJ _ 67 amod _ _ 67 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 wringing wringing NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 tearing tearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | smoke | the mouth | | | | of a cave | tree rules | | 2 | **envelop** | past | the deeps of which pitch and sulphur flames | each | | | | with loud hissing | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme each=Co-Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Earl | a human form | | the midst of this fire gulf | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 4 | **sweep** | past | the flames | | | | | which *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over which=Trajectory | | 5 | **consume** | gerund | the flames *not said here* | smoke | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 6 | **seek** | past | | | | | | which *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wail** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **moan** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **escape** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **fall** | past | the flames *not said here* | | | | ever | into the boiling heat *result*; with wringing of hands and tearing of hair | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into heat=Result | | 11 | **tear** | | hair | | | | | | nom tearing «process intransitive»: of=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/71/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)