--- title: But so long a time went by, that, at last, if they had really come,… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But so long a time went by, that, at last, if they had really come, the king would not have known that this was the voice of Telephassa, and these the younger voices that used to make such joyful echoes, when the children were playing about the palace. Who acts: time, brothers, this, these. 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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 (time, brothers, this, these), 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:pg976:10:94 # text = But so long a time went by, that, at last, if they had really come, the king would not have known that this was the voice of Telephassa, and these the younger voices that used to make such joyful echoes, when the children were playing about the palace. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Telephassa Telephassa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | a time | | | | | long *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **know** | would · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past | this | the voice | | | | of Telephassa | tree rules | | 5 | **voice** *speech: other* | | these | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **use** | past | the younger voices | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | the younger voices *not said here* | such joyful echoes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset echo=Product | | 8 | **play** | past · progressive | the children | | | | | about the palace | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/95/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/10/)