--- title: There was a sound in the chimney again, but this time the little boy… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was a sound in the chimney again, but this time the little boy did not wait to see what it was, but bolted off to bed, where he hid under the blankets and listened in fear and trembling to what went on. Who acts: sound, little boy, boy. 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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 (sound, little boy, boy), 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:pg14241:16:62 # text = There was a sound in the chimney again, but this time the little boy did not wait to see what it was, but bolted off to bed, where he hid under the blankets and listened in fear and trembling to what went on. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bolted bolt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 under under ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 blankets blanket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 46 on on ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a sound in the chimney | | | there | again | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | the little boy | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the little boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **bolt off** | participle | the little boy *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hide** | past | boy | | | the blankets | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under blanket=Location | | 6 | **listen** | participle | the little boy *not said here* | | | | | in fear | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in fear=Theme | | 7 | **tremble** | gerund | the little boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go on** | past | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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. **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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/63/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)