--- title: Out of its depths arose the voice of Julia singing to him as she had… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Out of its depths arose the voice of Julia singing to him as she had sung when she gave him the shell, and though the notes sounded faint at first, they swelled louder and louder till the mist which had gathered about him was blown away. Who acts: depths, voice, Alonzo, notes. 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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 (depths, voice, Alonzo, notes), 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:pg3282:11:36 # text = Out of its depths arose the voice of Julia singing to him as she had sung when she gave him the shell, and though the notes sounded faint at first, they swelled louder and louder till the mist which had gathered about him was blown away. 1 Out out ADP IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Julia Julia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 faint faint NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ _ 38 till till ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 about about SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 ccomp _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | song's depths | the voice of Julia | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location voice=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the voice of Julia *not said here* | | air | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · perfect | Alonzo | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **give** | past | Alonzo | the shell | air | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient shell=Theme | | 5 | **sound** | past | the notes | faint | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location faint=Theme | | 6 | **swell** | past | notes *= note* | | | | till the mist | loud *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **gather** | past · perfect · passive | | the mist | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **blow away** | past · passive | | air | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/37/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)