The treacherous storm did the most damage to the south side of the house . is that a gerund

In marigolds, which character can be described as having a laugh so loud that the great oak seemed to laugh with it?

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The book the lord of the rings by j r r tolkien, in which the main character must go on a journey to destroys magic ring, is an expample of which plot archetype