--- title: Just then a strange sound woke her--someone was speaking not very fa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just then a strange sound woke her--someone was speaking not very far away; and opening her eyes she found herself in a room she had never seen before, which was certainly not nearly so splendid as those she was used to in the Beast’s palace. Who acts: strange sound, someone, sound, room. 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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 (strange sound, someone, sound, room), 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:pg503:16:36 # text = Just then a strange sound woke her--someone was speaking not very far away; and opening her eyes she found herself in a room she had never seen before, which was certainly not nearly so splendid as those she was used to in the Beast’s palace. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 before before ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 44 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | a strange sound | Beauty | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | someone | | | | | away *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **open** | gerund | sound *not said here* | sound's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | sound | Beauty | | a room | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | sound | a room *not said here* | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | a room | | | | | as those; certainly, splendid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **use** | past · passive | | sound | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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/pg503/16/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/37/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/)