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title: In the midst of this uproar the sound of bugles was heard on the opp… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: In the midst of this uproar the sound of bugles was heard on the opposite bank, and a few shots were fired; and terrified at the thought of being taken unawares, the whole army took to flight, and in a few minutes not a man was to be seen. Who acts: whole army. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 55

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In the midst of this uproar the sound of bugles was heard on the opposite bank, and a few shots were fired; and terrified at the thought of being taken unawares, the whole army took to flight, and in a few minutes not a man was to be seen.

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**Who acts:** whole army · **What happens:** hear, fire, take, see, think · **To what, where:** sound, midst, few shots, flight, man, taken unawares

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Country of the Mice.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole army), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:20:55
# text = In the midst of this uproar the sound of bugles was heard on the opposite bank, and a few shots were fired; and terrified at the thought of being taken unawares, the whole army took to flight, and in a few minutes not a man was to be seen.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	uproar	uproar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bugles	bugle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	shots	shot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	unawares	unaware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
52	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · passive |  | the sound of bugles |  | the midst of this uproar |  | on the opposite bank | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fire** | past · passive |  | a few shots |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **take** | past | the whole army | flight |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme |
| 5 | **see** | past · passive |  | a man |  |  | minute |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **think** |  |  | taken unawares |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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