--- title: For--and it is the first time I have owned it to myself--I begin to… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For--and it is the first time I have owned it to myself--I begin to question whether we shall ever find my beloved daughter in this world." Who acts: peace, I, we. 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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 (peace, I, we), 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:pg976:11:65 # text = For--and it is the first time I have owned it to myself--I begin to question whether we shall ever find my beloved daughter in this world." 1 For for ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 owned own VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 question question VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | peace | | | | for the first time | | tree rules | | 2 | **own** | present · perfect | I | peace | myself | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | present | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | shall | we | my beloved daughter | | this world | ever | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Topic | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/66/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)