--- title: Suddenly he was awakened by a rustling sound, and looking about him,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly he was awakened by a rustling sound, and looking about him, saw a large serpent making its way to an eagle’s nest which was in the tree beneath which he was, and in the nest were two young eagles. Who acts: rustling sound, large serpent, nest, two young eagles. A sentence of «The Jade Story --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/) / 55 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 55 Suddenly he was awakened by a rustling sound, and looking about him, saw a large serpent making its way to an eagle’s nest which was in the tree beneath which he was, and in the nest were two young eagles. **Who acts:** rustling sound, large serpent, nest, two young eagles · **What happens:** awaken, rustle, look, see, make, be · **To what, where:** Magician, large serpent, way, tree, nest This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rustling sound, large serpent, nest, two young eagles), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:4:55 # text = Suddenly he was awakened by a rustling sound, and looking about him, saw a large serpent making its way to an eagle’s nest which was in the tree beneath which he was, and in the nest were two young eagles. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 rustling rustle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 32 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 41 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awaken** | past · passive | a rustling sound | Magician | | | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 2 | **rustle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | about Magician | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | | a large serpent | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer serpent=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** | gerund | a large serpent *not said here* | serpent's way | | | | to a eagle's nest | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | a eagle's nest | | | the tree | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | past | two young eagles | | | the nest | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)