--- title: Thereupon the thunder came, louder by far than I had expected to hea… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thereupon the thunder came, louder by far than I had expected to hear it, and after the thunder came the shower, but heavier by far than I had expected to feel it, for, of a truth I tell thee, Kai, not one of those hailstones would be stopped by skin or by flesh till it had reached the bone. 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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 (thunder, I, skin), 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:pg3454:30:52 # text = Thereupon the thunder came, louder by far than I had expected to hear it, and after the thunder came the shower, but heavier by far than I had expected to feel it, for, of a truth I tell thee, Kai, not one of those hailstones would be stopped by skin or by flesh till it had reached the bone. 1 Thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 parataxis _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 obl _ _ 29 than than SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 appos _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 hailstones hailstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 ccomp _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 61 till till SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 advcl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the thunder | | | | | thereupon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | thunder | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** | past | the thunder | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | shower | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | thee | | | of a truth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **stop** | would · passive | skin or flesh | Kai | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **reach** | past · perfect · passive | | thunder | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary bone=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/53/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/)