--- title: Thereupon she set up such a squeal, that the boy dropped the stick,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thereupon she set up such a squeal, that the boy dropped the stick, and clapped his hands to his ears but it grew to so shrill a screech, that it was like all the wind in the world whistling through one tiny keyhole. Who acts: inch, boy, stick, wind. 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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 (inch, boy, stick, wind), 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:pg14241:16:61 # text = Thereupon she set up such a squeal, that the boy dropped the stick, and clapped his hands to his ears but it grew to so shrill a screech, that it was like all the wind in the world whistling through one tiny keyhole. 1 Thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 squeal squeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 shrill shrill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 screech screech NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 whistling whistle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 43 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 45 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 keyhole keyhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set up** | past | inch | such squeal | | | | thereupon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient squeal=Result | | 2 | **drop** | past | the boy | the stick | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 3 | **clap** | past | inch *not said here* | boy's hands | boy's ears | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to ear=Recipient | | 4 | **grow** | past | stick | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **shrill** | infinitive | stick *not said here* | a screech | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location screech=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | stick | | | the world | | like all wind | tree rules | | 7 | **whistle** | gerund | all wind *not said here* | | | one tiny keyhole | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through keyhole=Location | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/62/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)