--- title: As he went, it struck him that two of the geese were gobbling and sc… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he went, it struck him that two of the geese were gobbling and screaming as geese do, but the third sat quite still, only heaving a deep sigh now and then, like a human being. Who acts: he, cage, two geese, geese. 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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 (he, cage, two geese, geese), 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:pg641:28:3 # text = As he went, it struck him that two of the geese were gobbling and screaming as geese do, but the third sat quite still, only heaving a deep sigh now and then, like a human being. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 gobbling gobble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 quite quite ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 heaving heave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 like like SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 40 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | past | cage | him *= he* | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 3 | **gobble** | past · progressive | the two geese | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the two geese *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | present | geese | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sit** | past | the third | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **heave** | gerund | the third *not said here* | a deep sigh | | | now | | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=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 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/4/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/)