--- title: Then the bird rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house a… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the bird rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house a third time; and the stepmother said: “It thunders again, perhaps the thunder has brought something for me,” and she ran out; but the moment she stepped outside the door, down fell the millstone on her head; and so she died. Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/61/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [The Rose-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/) / 61 # English Fairy Tales, The Rose-tree, sentence 61 Then the bird rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house a third time; and the stepmother said: “It thunders again, perhaps the thunder has brought something for me,” and she ran out; but the moment she stepped outside the door, down fell the millstone on her head; and so she died. **Who acts:** bird, stepmother, thunder, moment · **What happens:** rattle, say, thunder, bring, run out, step · **To what, where:** millstone, thunder, door, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Rose-tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird, stepmother, thunder, moment), 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:pg7439:8:61 # text = Then the bird rattled the millstone against the eaves of the house a third time; and the stepmother said: “It thunders again, perhaps the thunder has brought something for me,” and she ran out; but the moment she stepped outside the door, down fell the millstone on her head; and so she died. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rattled rattle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eaves eave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thunders thunder VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 32 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 outside outside ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rattle** | past | the bird | the millstone | | | then | against the eaves of the house | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent millstone=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the stepmother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **thunder** *in a quote* | present | thunder | | | | again | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the thunder | | | | for the stepmother *= stepmother*; perhaps *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination something=Theme | | 5 | **run out** | past | stepmother | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **step** | past | the moment | | | the door | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside door=Trajectory | | 7 | **fall** | past | the moment *not said here* | the millstone | | stepmother's head | | down *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient millstone=Result | | 8 | **die** | past | stepmother | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/60/) - next →: [The Old Woman and Her Pig, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/9/1/) - ↑ back to [The Rose-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/)