--- title: Thus, before many years went by, a city had grown up there, in the c… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus, before many years went by, a city had grown up there, in the center of which was seen a stately palace of marble, wherein dwelt Phoenix, clothed in a purple robe, and wearing a golden crown upon his head. Who acts: city. 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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 (city), 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:pg976:11:22 # text = Thus, before many years went by, a city had grown up there, in the center of which was seen a stately palace of marble, wherein dwelt Phoenix, clothed in a purple robe, and wearing a golden crown upon his head. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 stately stately ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 31 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | | | | | year | thus *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow up** | past · perfect | a city | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · passive | | a stately palace of marble | | | | of the center | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: palace=Stimulus | | 4 | **dwell** | participle | | Phoenix | | | | wherein *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme phoenix=Location | | 5 | **clothe** | participle | | | | | | in a purple robe | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in robe=Theme | | 6 | **wear** | gerund | | a golden crown | | | | upon Phoenix's head | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/23/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)