--- title: He heard the shrieking of the tempest demons; he heard the hail pelt… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He heard the shrieking of the tempest demons; he heard the hail pelting upon the roof and the rain dashing and splashing upon the half-frozen ground; he heard the sea roaring fearfully in the darkness and the mad waves pounding upon the dumb and patient shore. 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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 (Smith, rain, sea, mad waves), 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:pg66819:9:7 # text = He heard the shrieking of the tempest demons; he heard the hail pelting upon the roof and the rain dashing and splashing upon the half-frozen ground; he heard the sea roaring fearfully in the darkness and the mad waves pounding upon the dumb and patient shore. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shrieking shrieking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 tempest temp ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 pelting pelting NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 dashing dash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 splashing splash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 conj _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 roaring roar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 xcomp _ _ 36 fearfully fearfully ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 44 pounding pound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 50 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Smith | the shrieking of the tempest demons | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer shrieking=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | past | Smith | the hail pelting | | | | upon the roof and the rain | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pelting=Stimulus | | 3 | **dash** | gerund | the rain *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **splash** | gerund | the rain *not said here* | | | the frozen ground | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location | | 5 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | half *compound* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **hear** | past | Smith | the sea | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **roar** | gerund | the sea *not said here* | | | the darkness and the mad waves | | fearfully *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location | | 8 | **pound** | gerund | the mad waves *not said here* | | | the dumb shore | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent upon shore=Trajectory | | 9 | **shriek** | | | the tempest demons | | | | | nom shrieking «communication transitive»: of=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 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/8/) - ↑ back to [The Recipe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/)