--- title: Down came the cold, snowy torrent from the steep side of Olympus, ra… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Down came the cold, snowy torrent from the steep side of Olympus, raging and thundering as if it had a real spite against Jason, or, at all events, were determined to snatch off his living burden from his shoulders. Who acts: torrent, Jason. 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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 (torrent, Jason), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg976:25:67 # text = Down came the cold, snowy torrent from the steep side of Olympus, raging and thundering as if it had a real spite against Jason, or, at all events, were determined to snatch off his living burden from his shoulders. 1 Down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 torrent torrent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Olympus Olympus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 raging rage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 thundering thunder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 against against ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | the cold snowy torrent | | the steep side of Olympus | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **rage** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **thunder** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | torrent | a real spite | | | | against Jason | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spite=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | all events | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **snatch off** | to-infinitive | | Jason's living burden | | Jason's shoulders | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent burden=Theme from shoulder=Source | | 7 | **burden** | | Jason | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/68/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)