--- title: Out of the breeze came a storm wind, and the storm wind swelled and… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Out of the breeze came a storm wind, and the storm wind swelled and swelled till everything around was blotted out in darkness, and darkness covered them as with a thick cloak, while the earth swayed and shook under their feet. Who acts: storm wind, darkness, earth. 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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 (storm wind, darkness, earth), 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:pg641:20:5 # text = Out of the breeze came a storm wind, and the storm wind swelled and swelled till everything around was blotted out in darkness, and darkness covered them as with a thick cloak, while the earth swayed and shook under their feet. 1 Out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 till till ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 16 obl _ _ 19 around around ADP IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 blotted blot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 swayed sway VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a storm wind | | | the breeze | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out breeze=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **swell** | past | the storm wind | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **swell** | past | the storm wind *not said here* | | | | till everything | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **blot out** | past · passive | the storm wind *not said here* | | | darkness | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **cover** | past | darkness | sides *= side* | | | | with a thick cloak | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with cloak=Theme | | 6 | **sway** | past | the earth | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shake** | past | the earth *not said here* | | | sides's feet | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under foot=Location | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/6/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/)