--- title: The bells of several locomotives were ringing, a number of trains we… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: The bells of several locomotives were ringing, a number of trains were moving in and out, and the porters and baggage-men were screaming and bawling to such an extent that for several moments Miss Huntingdon was considerably confused; so much so that she paused in the hope that her brother would sud --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/) / [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/) / 5 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, A Story of the War, sentence 5 The bells of several locomotives were ringing, a number of trains were moving in and out, and the porters and baggage-men were screaming and bawling to such an extent that for several moments Miss Huntingdon was considerably confused; so much so that she paused in the hope that her brother would suddenly appear and rescue her from the smoke, and dust, and din. **Who acts:** bells, porters, extent, Vermont, brother · **What happens:** ring, move, scream, bawl, be, pause · **To what, where:** number, extent, dust, hope, Vermont, smoke This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, A Story of the War. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bells, porters, extent, Vermont), 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:pg2306:46:5 # text = The bells of several locomotives were ringing, a number of trains were moving in and out, and the porters and baggage-men were screaming and bawling to such an extent that for several moments Miss Huntingdon was considerably confused; so much so that she paused in the hope that her brother would suddenly appear and rescue her from the smoke, and dust, and din. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 locomotives locomotive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 15 in in ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 porters porter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 baggage baggage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bawling bawl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 38 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 Huntingdon Huntingdon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 considerably considerably ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 49 mark _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 61 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past · progressive | the bells of several locomotives | a number of trains | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme | | 2 | **move** | past · progressive | the bells of several locomotives *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the porters and baggage men | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bawl** *speech: other* | gerund | the porters and baggage men *not said here* | | such extent | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to extent=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | such extent | | | | moment | confused, considerably *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pause** | past | Vermont | dust | | the hope | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hope=Location | | 7 | **appear** | would | Vermont's brother | the hope *not said here* | | | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hope=Theme | | 8 | **rescue** | infinitive | Vermont's brother *not said here* | Vermont | | the smoke | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from smoke=Source | 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:** «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Project Gutenberg book 2306 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/6/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)