--- title: «The signals were coming through!» Then: «a short, quick run forward… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulc… · tree and pragmatics description: «The signals were coming through!» Then: «a short, quick run forward—a fault—a check—a try back; and then a slow, steady, confident advance» (words from hunting dogs following a scent). Who acts: signals, you, words, dogs. 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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 (signals, you, words, dogs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:042-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end.lesson:28 # text = «The signals were coming through!» Then: «a short, quick run forward—a fault—a check—a try back; and then a slow, steady, confident advance» (words from hunting dogs following a scent). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 042-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×9, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=11:punct 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 6 through through ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:advmod 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 « « VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:conj 16 run run NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 forward forward ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 21 — - PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 — - PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=20:conj 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:advmod 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:det 32 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:amod 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:amod 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 confident confident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:amod 37 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 » » NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 40 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 appos _ _ 41 from from SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:obj 44 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come through** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the signals | | | | then | through *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **«** | imperative | you *not said here* | a short quick run and a try | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | words dogs *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | dogs *not said here* | a scent | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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