--- title: At this there arose a terrible uproar among the evil spirits, and th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this there arose a terrible uproar among the evil spirits, and the worst voice among them all said, ‘Ride home and tell Peter that when he comes to-morrow he shall get twice as many strokes as usual.’ Who acts: worst voice, voice. 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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 (worst voice, voice), 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:pg5615:33:91 # text = At this there arose a terrible uproar among the evil spirits, and the worst voice among them all said, ‘Ride home and tell Peter that when he comes to-morrow he shall get twice as many strokes as usual.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 uproar uproar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 iobj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 40 advmod _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | | a terrible uproar | | this; there | | among the evil spirits | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location uproar=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the worst voice among nuts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ride** | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | Peter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent peter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | present | voice | | | morrow | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to morrow=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **get** | shall | voice | many strokes | | | | as usual | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stroke=Stimulus as usual=Attribute | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/92/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)