--- title: This excited him still more, and stretching out his hand to pick the… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: This excited him still more, and stretching out his hand to pick the flower, a hideous serpent raised its head hissing from under the leaves, when the boy fell back in deadly terror among thorns and fallen stones; and was carried home with broken limbs. Who acts: hideous serpent, boy. 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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 (hideous serpent, boy), 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:pg74323:6:31 # text = This excited him still more, and stretching out his hand to pick the flower, a hideous serpent raised its head hissing from under the leaves, when the boy fell back in deadly terror among thorns and fallen stones; and was carried home with broken limbs. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 8 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 hissing hiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 among among ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 46 home home ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch out** | gerund | a hideous serpent *not said here* | John's hand | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | a hideous serpent *not said here* | the flower | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 3 | **raise** | past | a hideous serpent | serpent's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **hiss** | gerund | a hideous serpent *not said here* | | | the leaves | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall back** | past | the boy | | | deadly terror among thorns and fallen stones | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in terror=Location | | 6 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | past · passive | | | | | | with broken limbs; home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/32/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/6/)