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title: One of the first acts of King Cilix's government was to send out an… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 2, sentence 51

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One of the first acts of King Cilix's government was to send out an expedition, consisting of a grave ambassador, and an escort of bold and hardy young men, with orders to visit the principal kingdoms of the earth, and inquire whether a young maiden had passed through those regions, galloping swiftly on a white bull.

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**Who acts:** One, government · **What happens:** be, consist, visit, inquire, pass, gallop · **To what, where:** escort, principal kingdoms, young maiden, regions

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, government), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:11:51
# text = One of the first acts of King Cilix's government was to send out an expedition, consisting of a grave ambassador, and an escort of bold and hardy young men, with orders to visit the principal kingdoms of the earth, and inquire whether a young maiden had passed through those regions, galloping swiftly on a white bull.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Cilix	Cilix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
10	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	consisting	consist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	escort	escort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
28	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	hardy	hardy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
31	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
47	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	advcl	_	_
53	through	through	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
55	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	galloping	gallop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	52	advcl	_	_
58	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
59	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | One of the first acts of King's government |  |  |  |  | send *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **consist** | gerund | One of the first acts of King's government *not said here* | a escort of bold young men and orders |  |  |  | of a grave ambassador | tree rules |
| 3 | **visit** | to-infinitive | One of the first acts of King's government *not said here* | the principal kingdoms of the earth |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | infinitive | One of the first acts of King's government *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive |  | a young maiden |  | that regions |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through region=Destination |
| 6 | **gallop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on a white bull; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bull=Trajectory |
| 7 | **act** |  | King's government |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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