--- title: She came a step nearer to him therefore; and--sociable creature that… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She came a step nearer to him therefore; and--sociable creature that he was--he showed so much joy at this mark of her confidence, that the child could not find in her heart to hesitate any longer. Who acts: child, sociable creature. 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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 (child, sociable creature), 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:pg976:10:47 # text = She came a step nearer to him therefore; and--sociable creature that he was--he showed so much joy at this mark of her confidence, that the child could not find in her heart to hesitate any longer. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 sociable sociable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 hesitate hesitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 any any ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | child | a step | | | | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | sociable creature | | | this mark of child's confidence | | show *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **find** | could | the child | | | child's heart | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hesitate** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mark** | | | child's confidence | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **confide** | | child | | | | | | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/48/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)