--- title: Next there was heard a joyous whistling among the pine trees, and a… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Next there was heard a joyous whistling among the pine trees, and a whir-whirring as of the wings of a thousand birds; and there was a fragrance in the air like the fragrance of countless wildflowers, and a soft breathing like the breath of a sleeping child. Who acts: whir, fragrance. 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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 (whir, fragrance), 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:pg66819:11:6 # text = Next there was heard a joyous whistling among the pine trees, and a whir-whirring as of the wings of a thousand birds; and there was a fragrance in the air like the fragrance of countless wildflowers, and a soft breathing like the breath of a sleeping child. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 whistling whistling 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 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 whir whir NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 whirring whir VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 countless countless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 wildflowers wildflower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 breathing breathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 amod _ _ 52 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · passive | | a joyous whistling | | there | | among the pine trees; a soft breathing like the breath of a sleeping child *obl*; next *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: whistling=Stimulus | | 2 | **whir** | gerund | a whir | | | | | as the wings of thousand birds | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | a fragrance in the air like the fragrance of countless wildflowers | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 66819 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/7/) - ↑ back to [The Forging of the Sampo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/)