--- title: Then the driver hears another engine behind them, and in the moonlig… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: T… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the driver hears another engine behind them, and in the moonlight he sees it crowded with warders waving halberds, policemen waving truncheons and detectives waving revolvers, all shouting «Stop, stop, stop!» Who acts: driver, warders, detectives, all. 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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 (driver, warders, detectives, all), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:055-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel.lesson:1 # text = Then the driver hears another engine behind them, and in the moonlight he sees it crowded with warders waving halberds, policemen waving truncheons and detectives waving revolvers, all shouting «Stop, stop, stop!» # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 055-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel.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 ×2 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:advmod 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:det 3 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 warders warder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ _ 21 halberds halberd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 policemen policeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 25 truncheons truncheon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 detectives detective NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 acl _ _ 29 revolvers revolver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 33 « « PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 40 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | the driver | another engine | | | then | behind supper | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer engine=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | present | driver | engine | | the moonlight | | crowded *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **wave** | gerund | warders *not said here* | halberds and policemen | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halberd=Patient | | 4 | **wave** | gerund | warders *not said here* | truncheons and detectives | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truncheon=Patient | | 5 | **wave** | gerund | detectives *not said here* | revolvers | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revolver=Patient | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | all | Stop | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Topic | | 7 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | driver *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | driver *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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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