--- title: The door of the hall was broken in with heavy blows, and with loud s… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The door of the hall was broken in with heavy blows, and with loud shouts a troop of men, dripping with blood, rushed in and threw themselves in rage upon him, crying: "We have thee at last, thou foul knave! thou who hast robbed and murdered so many. Who acts: We, 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 (We, 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:pg74323:7:115 # text = The door of the hall was broken in with heavy blows, and with loud shouts a troop of men, dripping with blood, rushed in and threw themselves in rage upon him, crying: "We have thee at last, thou foul knave! thou who hast robbed and murdered so many. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 16 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 27 in in ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 46 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 knave knave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 murdered murder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break in** | past · passive | | the door of the hall | | | | with heavy blows | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | a troop of men | | | | with loud | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Topic | | 3 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | with blood | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with blood=Theme | | 4 | **rush in** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | past | | hall | | rage | | upon door | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in rage=Destination | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | We | thee | | last | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 8 | **knave** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **rob** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | | who *nsubj:pass* | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 10 | **murder** *in a quote* | participle | | many | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/116/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/7/)