--- title: Proserpina continued to cry out, and screamed so long and so loudly… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Proserpina continued to cry out, and screamed so long and so loudly that her poor little voice was almost screamed away; and when it was nothing but a whisper, she happened to cast her eyes over a great broad field of waving grain--and whom do you think she saw? 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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 (Proserpina, voice, great broad field, you), 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:pg976:20:99 # text = Proserpina continued to cry out, and screamed so long and so loudly that her poor little voice was almost screamed away; and when it was nothing but a whisper, she happened to cast her eyes over a great broad field of waving grain--and whom do you think she saw? 1 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 10 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 almost almost ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 screamed scream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 parataxis _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 46 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 50 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | Proserpina | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Proserpina *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | Proserpina *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scream away** *speech: express* | past · passive | | Proserpina's poor little voice | | | | almost, away *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | past | voice | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **happen** | past | Proserpina | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cast** | to-infinitive | Proserpina *not said here* | Proserpina's eyes | | a great broad field | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme over field=Destination | | 8 | **wave** | gerund | a great broad field *not said here* | grain | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute clause=Theme | | 10 | **see** | past | Proserpina | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/100/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/)