--- title: The little old woman had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little old woman had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the Great, Huge Bear; but she was so fast asleep that it was no more to her than the roaring of wind or the rumbling of thunder. Who acts: little old woman, woman, voice, wind. 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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 (little old woman, woman, voice, wind), 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:pg7277:35:8 # text = The little old woman had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the Great, Huge Bear; but she was so fast asleep that it was no more to her than the roaring of wind or the rumbling of thunder. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 gruff gruff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 Huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 no no ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | the little old woman | the great rough gruff voice of the Great Huge Bear | | woman's sleep | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | voice | | woman | | | than the roaring of wind or the rumbling of thunder; more *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sleep** | | woman | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **roar** | | wind | | | | | | nom roaring «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **rumble** | | thunder | | | | | | nom rumbling «event intransitive»: of=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/35/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/35/9/) - ↑ back to [‘somebody Has Been Lying in My Bed!’](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/35/)