--- title: "Whir-r-r, whir-r-r!" roared the Wind, and went on, "I did not see i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Whir-r-r, whir-r-r!" roared the Wind, and went on, "I did not see in this house, as in other great houses, the high-born lady sitting among her women, turning the spinning-wheel. Who acts: whir, r r, castle, born lady. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whir, r r, castle, born lady), 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:pg27200:212:16 # text = "Whir-r-r, whir-r-r!" roared the Wind, and went on, "I did not see in this house, as in other great houses, the high-born lady sitting among her women, turning the spinning-wheel. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Whir whir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 whir whir NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 on on ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 among among ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **r** *in a quote* | | whir | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **roar** | past | r r | the Wind | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wind=Theme | | 3 | **go on** | past | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | past · do-support | castle | | | this house | | as other great houses and the born lady | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as house=Attribute | | 5 | **bear** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | the born lady *not said here* | | | | | among r's women | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among woman=Location | | 7 | **turn** *in a quote* | gerund | the born lady *not said here* | the spinning wheel | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wheel=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)