--- title: So comfortable and home-like did it seem, that Telephassa and her th… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So comfortable and home-like did it seem, that Telephassa and her three companions could not help sighing, to think that they must still roam about the world, instead of spending the remainder of their lives in some such cheerful abode as they had here built for Phoenix. 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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 (it, Telephassa, rooms), 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:pg976:11:18 # text = So comfortable and home-like did it seem, that Telephassa and her three companions could not help sighing, to think that they must still roam about the world, instead of spending the remainder of their lives in some such cheerful abode as they had here built for Phoenix. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 like like INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 Telephassa Telephassa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 20 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 roam roam VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 remainder remainder NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 43 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 50 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past · do-support | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **help** | could | Telephassa and Telephassa's three companions | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **sigh** *not said to happen* | gerund | Telephassa and Telephassa's three companions *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Telephassa and Telephassa's three companions *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **roam** | must | rooms *= room* | | | | still | about the world | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about world=Trajectory | | 6 | **spend** | gerund | rooms *= room* *not said here* | the remainder of rooms's lives | | some such cheerful abode | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Asset | | 7 | **build** | past · perfect · passive | | rooms *= room* | | here | | for Phoenix | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for phoenix=Beneficiary | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/19/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)