--- title: When the animal saw (for the bull had so much intelligence that it i… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the animal saw (for the bull had so much intelligence that it is really wonderful to think of), when he saw that Europa was no longer afraid of him, he grew overjoyed, and could hardly contain himself for delight. Who acts: animal, it, bull, Europa. 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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 (animal, it, bull, Europa), 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:pg976:10:28 # text = When the animal saw (for the bull had so much intelligence that it is really wonderful to think of), when he saw that Europa was no longer afraid of him, he grew overjoyed, and could hardly contain himself for delight. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 csubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 no no ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 contain contain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the animal | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | past | the animal *not said here* | much intelligence | | | | for the bull | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intelligence=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | it | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | bull | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | Europa | | | | | of bull; afraid, long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **grow** | past | bull | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **overjoy** | participle | bull *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **contain** | could | bull *not said here* | bull | | | | for delight; hardly *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/29/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)