--- title: So the pilgrims took their leave of him, and departed, and were hard… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the pilgrims took their leave of him, and departed, and were hardly out of sight before some other wandering people came along that way, and saw Cilix's habitation, and were greatly delighted with the appearance of the place. Who acts: pilgrims, other wandering people. 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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 (pilgrims, other wandering people), 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:pg976:11:48 # text = So the pilgrims took their leave of him, and departed, and were hardly out of sight before some other wandering people came along that way, and saw Cilix's habitation, and were greatly delighted with the appearance of the place. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pilgrims pilgrim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 19 before before SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 25 along along ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 Cilix Cilix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the pilgrims | pilgrims's leave of Cilix | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | past | the pilgrims *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | sight | | hardly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | past | some other wandering people | | | that way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along way=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **see** | past | | Cilix's habitation | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer habitation=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | with the appearance of the place; delighted, greatly *property* | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/49/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)