--- title: Presently the scream of an eagle sounded through the wood; it was an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Presently the scream of an eagle sounded through the wood; it was an ugly cry, and it frightened the children; but before them, in the thickest part of the forest, grew the most beautiful blackberries, in wonderful quantities. Who acts: scream, cry, eagle. 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C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (scream, cry, eagle), 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:pg27200:51:40 # text = Presently the scream of an eagle sounded through the wood; it was an ugly cry, and it frightened the children; but before them, in the thickest part of the forest, grew the most beautiful blackberries, in wonderful quantities. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 sounded sound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 36 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 39 advmod _ _ 39 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 blackberries blackberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 quantities quantity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | participle | | a eagle *not said here* | | the wood | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | scream | a ugly cry | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **frighten** | past | cry | the children | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer | | 4 | **grow** | past | the scream of a eagle | the beautiful blackberries | | wonderful quantities | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blackberry=Theme | | 5 | **scream** | | a eagle | | | | | | nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/41/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)