--- title: The two young men did their best for the poor queen, helping her ove… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The two young men did their best for the poor queen, helping her over the rough places, often carrying her across rivulets in their faithful arms and seeking to shelter her at nightfall, even when they themselves lay on the ground. Who acts: two young men, Cadmus. 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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 (two young men, Cadmus), 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:pg976:11:54 # text = The two young men did their best for the poor queen, helping her over the rough places, often carrying her across rivulets in their faithful arms and seeking to shelter her at nightfall, even when they themselves lay on the ground. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 often often ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 across across ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 rivulets rivulet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 39 nmod:unmarked _ _ 41 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the two young men | Cadmus's best | | | | for the poor queen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **help** | gerund | the two young men *not said here* | | queen | the rough places | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | the two young men *not said here* | queen | | rivulets | | in Cadmus's faithful arms; often *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in arm=Location | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | the two young men *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **shelter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the two young men *not said here* | queen | | nightfall | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient at nightfall=Location | | 6 | **lay** | present | Cadmus | | | the ground | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/55/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)