Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 55

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

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.

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

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 midst	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midst	det
3	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 uproar	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 uproar	det
6	uproar	uproar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 midst	nmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 bugles	case
10	bugles	bugle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sound	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 heard	aux:pass
12	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 bank	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bank	det
15	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bank	amod
16	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fired	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fired	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 shots	det
20	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 shots	amod
21	shots	shot	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 fired	nsubj:pass
22	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 fired	aux:pass
23	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 heard	conj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 terrified	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 terrified	cc
26	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 heard	conj
27	at	at	ADP	_	29 thought	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 thought	det
29	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 terrified	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 unawares	case
31	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 taken	aux:pass
32	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 unawares	amod
33	unawares	unaware	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 thought	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 took	punct
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 army	det
36	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 army	amod
37	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 took	nsubj
38	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 terrified	parataxis
39	to	to	PART	_	40 flight	mark
40	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 took	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 seen	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 seen	cc
43	in	in	ADP	_	46 minutes	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 minutes	det
45	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 minutes	amod
46	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 seen	obl
47	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 man	advmod
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 man	det
49	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 seen	nsubj:pass
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 seen	aux:pass
51	to	to	PART	_	53 seen	mark
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 seen	aux:pass
53	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 took	conj
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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

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: «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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 55

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 55