--- title: But Telephassa reasoned with him, and kissed him, and at length made… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Telephassa reasoned with him, and kissed him, and at length made him discern that it was better for her spirit to pass away out of the toil, the weariness, and grief, and disappointment which had burdened her on earth, ever since the child was lost. Who acts: Telephassa, rest, spirit. 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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 (Telephassa, rest, spirit), 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:pg976:11:100 # text = But Telephassa reasoned with him, and kissed him, and at length made him discern that it was better for her spirit to pass away out of the toil, the weariness, and grief, and disappointment which had burdened her on earth, ever since the child was lost. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Telephassa Telephassa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reasoned reason VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 expl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 ccomp _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 weariness weariness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 burdened burden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 48 since since SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reason** | past | Telephassa | grief | | | | with rest | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | Telephassa *not said here* | rest | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | Telephassa *not said here* | rest | | length | | | tree rules | | 4 | **discern** | infinitive | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | rest *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pass away** | to-infinitive | Telephassa's spirit | | | the toil and the weariness | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **burden** | past · perfect · passive | | disappointment | | earth | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lose** | past · passive | | the child | | | ever | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/101/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)