--- title: Bells were pealing, chimes ringing, and the people filling the stree… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Bells were pealing, chimes ringing, and the people filling the streets and standing at their doors to watch the procession go by, and they could hardly believe their eyes as they saw what a strange bride their Prince had chosen. Who acts: Bells, chimes, procession, people. 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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 (Bells, chimes, procession, people), 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:pg540:40:235 # text = Bells were pealing, chimes ringing, and the people filling the streets and standing at their doors to watch the procession go by, and they could hardly believe their eyes as they saw what a strange bride their Prince had chosen. 1 Bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pealing peal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 chimes chime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 11 filling fill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peal** | past · progressive | Bells | chimes | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chime=Theme | | 2 | **ring** | gerund | chimes *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fill** | gerund | | the streets | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent street=Patient | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | | | | people's doors | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 5 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | the procession | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go by** | infinitive | the procession *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **believe** | could | Bells *= bell* | people's eyes | | | | hardly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 8 | **see** | past | the people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive | | a strange bride | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 234](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/234/) - next →: [sentence 236](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/236/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)