--- title: As King Agenor said this, his eyes flashed fire (for he was a very p… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As King Agenor said this, his eyes flashed fire (for he was a very passionate king), and he looked so terribly angry that the poor boys did not even venture to ask for their suppers, but slunk away out of the palace, and only paused on the steps a moment to consult whither they should go first. 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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 (King, eyes, poor boys), 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:pg976:10:74 # text = As King Agenor said this, his eyes flashed fire (for he was a very passionate king), and he looked so terribly angry that the poor boys did not even venture to ask for their suppers, but slunk away out of the palace, and only paused on the steps a moment to consult whither they should go first. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Agenor Agenor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 passionate passionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 suppers supper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 slunk slink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 paused pause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl _ _ 59 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 ccomp _ _ 63 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 2 | **flash** | past | king's eyes | fire | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | king | | | | | for a passionate king | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | past | king | | | | | angry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **venture** | past · do-support | the poor boys | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the poor boys *not said here* | | | | | for boys's suppers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **slink away** | past | king's eyes *not said here* | | | the palace | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out palace=Trajectory | | 8 | **pause** | participle | king's eyes *not said here* | | | | | on the steps and a moment | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | | 9 | **consult** | to-infinitive | king's eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **go** | should | eyes *= eye* | | | | | first, whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/75/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)