--- title: Almost immediately a rushing hissing sound was heard in the waters,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Almost immediately a rushing hissing sound was heard in the waters, the waves dashed against the banks, the foam was tossed into the air, and the two horses leapt suddenly on to the dry land, trembling and shaking with fear. Who acts: waves, banks, two horses. 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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 (waves, banks, two horses), 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:pg640:31:91 # text = Almost immediately a rushing hissing sound was heard in the waters, the waves dashed against the banks, the foam was tossed into the air, and the two horses leapt suddenly on to the dry land, trembling and shaking with fear. 1 Almost almost ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 5 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 leapt leapt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 33 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | a rushing hissing sound | | the waters | | immediately *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **dash** | past | the waves | | | the banks | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against bank=Trajectory | | 4 | **toss** | past · passive | the banks *not said here* | the foam | | the air | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient into air=Recipient | | 5 | **leapt** | present | the two horses | | | | | to the dry land | tree rules | | 6 | **tremble** | gerund | the two horses *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shake** | gerund | the two horses *not said here* | | | | | with fear | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with fear=Co-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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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/pg640/31/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/92/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)