--- title: He was awakened by a soft rustling sound, and looking about him, saw… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was awakened by a soft rustling sound, and looking about him, saw a large serpent which was making its way to an eagle's nest built in the tree under which he lay, and in the nest were two young eagles. Who acts: soft rustling sound, large serpent, meantime, two young eagles. 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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 (soft rustling sound, large serpent, meantime, two young eagles), 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:pg7128:10:52 # text = He was awakened by a soft rustling sound, and looking about him, saw a large serpent which was making its way to an eagle's nest built in the tree under which he lay, and in the nest were two young eagles. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 rustling rustling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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 3 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 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 42 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awaken** | past · passive | a soft rustling sound | meantime | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | about meantime | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | | a large serpent | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer serpent=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past · progressive | a large serpent | serpent's way | | | | to a eagle's nest | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 5 | **build** | participle | | a eagle's nest *not said here* | | | | in the tree | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tree=Attribute | | 6 | **lie** | past | meantime | | | the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under which=Location | | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/53/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)