--- title: But his new friends had not long been gone, when he was suddenly sta… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But his new friends had not long been gone, when he was suddenly startled by cries, shouts, and screams, and the noise of a terrible struggle, and in the midst of it all, a most awful hissing, which went right through his ears like a rough saw. Who acts: cries, awful hissing, terrible struggle. 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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 (cries, awful hissing, terrible struggle), 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:pg976:13:8 # text = But his new friends had not long been gone, when he was suddenly startled by cries, shouts, and screams, and the noise of a terrible struggle, and in the midst of it all, a most awful hissing, which went right through his ears like a rough saw. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 startled startle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 screams scream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 right right ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 through through ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past · perfect · passive | | Cadmus's new friends | | | | long *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **startle** | past · passive | cries | Cadmus | | | | suddenly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | cries *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | cries *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | a awful hissing | | | Cadmus's ears like a rough saw | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through ear=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **noise** | | a terrible struggle | | | | | | nom noise «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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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/pg976/13/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/9/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)