--- title: The horns are heard, and Volkmar rises hastily from his knees and cr… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The horns are heard, and Volkmar rises hastily from his knees and cries, "Quick, in the cave, Reinhilde, that no one see thee; the way leads close by the Virgin's shrine." Who acts: Volkmar, one, way. 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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 (Volkmar, one, way), 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:pg74323:8:140 # text = The horns are heard, and Volkmar rises hastily from his knees and cries, "Quick, in the cave, Reinhilde, that no one see thee; the way leads close by the Virgin's shrine." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 Volkmar Volkmar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Quick Quick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Reinhilde Reinhilde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Virgin Virgin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · passive | | the horns | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **rise** | present | Volkmar | | | Volkmar's knees | | hastily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from knee=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Volkmar *not said here* | Quick | | | | the cave *conj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quick=Topic | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | no one | thee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 5 | **lead** *in a quote* | present | the way | | | | | by the Virgin's shrine; close *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by shrine=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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/141/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)