--- title: But, indeed, since there was no hope of regaining the friends of his… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, indeed, since there was no hope of regaining the friends of his boyhood, or ever seeing his dear sister again, Cadmus resolved to make himself happy with these new companions, who had grown so fond of him while following the cow. Who acts: hope, new companions. 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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 (hope, new companions), 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:pg976:12:110 # text = But, indeed, since there was no hope of regaining the friends of his boyhood, or ever seeing his dear sister again, Cadmus resolved to make himself happy with these new companions, who had grown so fond of him while following the cow. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 regaining regain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 boyhood boyhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | no hope | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **regain** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | the friends of friend's boyhood | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | friend's dear sister | | | ever; again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus | | 4 | **resolve** | past | no hope | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | no hope *not said here* | friend | | | | with this new companions; happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset himself=Product | | 6 | **grow** | past · perfect | this new companions | | | | | fond *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | the cow | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/109/) - next →: [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/1/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)