--- title: They came so close that he could hear the clatter of their golden wi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They came so close that he could hear the clatter of their golden wings, and their shrieks to each other: “_here, here,_” “_no, there; this way he went,_” as they chased him. Who acts: sisters, boy, golden wings. 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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 (sisters, boy, golden 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:pg503:27:89 # text = They came so close that he could hear the clatter of their golden wings, and their shrieks to each other: “_here, here,_” “_no, there; this way he went,_” as they chased him. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 clatter clatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 shrieks shriek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 18 obl _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | could | boy | the clatter of sisters's golden wings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clatter=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | boy | this way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **chase** | past | sisters *= sister* | boy | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **clatter** | | sisters's golden wings | | | | | | nom clatter «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **shriek** | | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | nom shriek «communication 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:** «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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/90/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)