--- title: The driver hears something: «we're the last train running in this di… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: T… · tree and pragmatics description: The driver hears something: «we're the last train running in this direction to-night, yet I could be sworn that I heard another following us!» Who acts: driver, we, last train, Toad. 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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, we, last train, Toad), 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:8 # text = The driver hears something: «we're the last train running in this direction to-night, yet I could be sworn that I heard another following us!» # 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): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 12 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:advcl 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=27:obj|HaikuPos=PRON:NN:PronType=Ind 29 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 32 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | the driver | something | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | the last train | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** *in a quote* | gerund | the last train *not said here* | | | this direction | night | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | | 4 | **swear** *in a quote* | could · passive | | Toad | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | Toad | another | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer another=Stimulus | | 6 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund | | us | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:055-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel.lesson:8`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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