--- title: You may see, by this, that Phoenix's conscience never quite ceased t… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: You may see, by this, that Phoenix's conscience never quite ceased to trouble him, for giving up the quest of his dear sister, and sitting himself down to be comfortable, while his mother and her companions went onward. Who acts: You, mother, dear sister. 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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 (You, mother, dear sister), 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:pg976:11:25 # text = You may see, by this, that Phoenix's conscience never quite ceased to trouble him, for giving up the quest of his dear sister, and sitting himself down to be comfortable, while his mother and her companions went onward. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 onward onward ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | may | You | | | | | by this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **cease** | participle · passive | | Phoenix's conscience | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give up** | gerund | You *not said here* | the quest of Phoenix's dear sister | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quest=Source | | 4 | **sit down** | gerund | You *not said here* | Phoenix | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | Phoenix's mother and sister's companions | | | | | onward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **quest** | | Phoenix's dear sister | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: of=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/26/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)