--- title: She was roused from deep thought by a rustling of wings and snapping… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was roused from deep thought by a rustling of wings and snapping of beaks; all the storks arose, and started on their journey towards the south. Who acts: rustling, storks, wings. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rustling, storks, wings), 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:pg27200:87:96 # text = She was roused from deep thought by a rustling of wings and snapping of beaks; all the storks arose, and started on their journey towards the south. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rustling rustling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 snapping snap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 towards towards ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | past · passive | a rustling of wings | wife | | deep thought | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **snap** | gerund | a rustling of wings *not said here* | | | | | of beaks | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of beak=Co-Patient | | 3 | **arise** | past | all storks | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **start** | past | all storks *not said here* | | | wings's journey | | towards the south | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **rustle** | | | wings | | | | | nom rustling «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **journey** | | wings *= wing* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/87/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/87/97/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/87/)