--- title: Thus, frightened as she at first was, you might by and by have seen… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus, frightened as she at first was, you might by and by have seen Europa stroking the bull's forehead with her small white hand, and taking the garlands off her own head to hang them on his neck and ivory horns. 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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: 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:pg976:10:25 # text = Thus, frightened as she at first was, you might by and by have seen Europa stroking the bull's forehead with her small white hand, and taking the garlands off her own head to hang them on his neck and ivory horns. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 11 flat _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 17 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 stroking stroke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 garlands garland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 off off ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | as child; thus *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | | Europa | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer europa=Stimulus | | 4 | **stroke** | gerund | | the bull's forehead | | | | with child's small white hand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent forehead=Experiencer with hand=Instrument | | 5 | **take** | gerund | | the garlands | | child's own head | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent garland=Theme off head=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hang** | to-infinitive | | garlands *= garland* | | bull's neck and ivory horns | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on neck=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/26/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)