--- title: Thasus was the son of a seafaring person in the neighborhood; he had… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thasus was the son of a seafaring person in the neighborhood; he had been brought up with the young princes, and was their intimate friend, and loved Europa very much; so they consented that he should accompany them. Who acts: Thasus, intimate friend, friends. 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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 (Thasus, intimate friend, friends), 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:pg976:10:81 # text = Thasus was the son of a seafaring person in the neighborhood; he had been brought up with the young princes, and was their intimate friend, and loved Europa very much; so they consented that he should accompany them. 1 Thasus Thasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 seafaring seafaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 neighborhood neighborhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 intimate intimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 much much ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Thasus | the son | | | | of a seafaring person in the neighborhood | tree rules | | 2 | **bring up** | past · perfect · passive | | Thasus | | | | with the young princes | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with prince=Instrument | | 3 | **is a** | past | | princes's intimate friend | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **love** | past | princes's intimate friend *not said here* | Europa | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer europa=Stimulus | | 5 | **consent** | past | friends *= friend* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **accompany** | should | Thasus | friends *= friend* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/82/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)