--- title: All of a sudden the silence was broken by a low wail, answered by an… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All of a sudden the silence was broken by a low wail, answered by another from the other side of the pool, as the mother rose up from her den and came towards them, rage flashing from her horrible yellow eyes. Who acts: low wail, mother, rage. 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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 (low wail, mother, rage), 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:pg3282:8:88 # text = All of a sudden the silence was broken by a low wail, answered by another from the other side of the pool, as the mother rose up from her den and came towards them, rage flashing from her horrible yellow eyes. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 obl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 towards towards ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 flashing flash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past · passive | a low wail | All | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle | | a low wail *not said here* | | the other side of the pool | | by another | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rise up** | past | the mother | | | mother's den | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from den=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come** | past | the mother *not said here* | rage | | | | towards roots *= root* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **flash** | gerund | rage *not said here* | | | mother's horrible yellow eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/89/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)