--- title: At the second handful the dog rose and ground his teeth in rage; but… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: At the second handful the dog rose and ground his teeth in rage; but Jacob had lost all fear, and cried, "Growl away; but one must have all good things three times, and I shall take another handful." Who acts: dog, Jacob, one. 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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 (dog, Jacob, one), 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:pg74323:9:71 # text = At the second handful the dog rose and ground his teeth in rage; but Jacob had lost all fear, and cried, "Growl away; but one must have all good things three times, and I shall take another handful." 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Growl growl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | the dog | | | the second handful | | in rage; Patience's ground teeth *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | past · perfect | Jacob | all fear | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **growl away** *in a quote* | infinitive | the dog *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | must | one | good things three times | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | shall | the dog *= dog* | another handful | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/72/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/9/)