--- title: On his way thither, he still inquired of most people whom he met whe… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On his way thither, he still inquired of most people whom he met whether they had seen Europa; for, to say the truth, Cadmus had grown so accustomed to ask the question, that it came to his lips as readily as a remark about the weather. Who acts: smile, people, Cadmus, question. 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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 (smile, people, Cadmus, question), 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:pg976:12:4 # text = On his way thither, he still inquired of most people whom he met whether they had seen Europa; for, to say the truth, Cadmus had grown so accustomed to ask the question, that it came to his lips as readily as a remark about the weather. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 thither thither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 19 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 readily readily ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 49 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | smile | | | smile's way | still | of most people | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of people=Recipient | | 2 | **meet** | past | smile | most people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | people | Europa | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer europa=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | smile *not said here* | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | past · perfect | Cadmus | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **accustom** | participle | Cadmus *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Cadmus *not said here* | the question | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 8 | **come** | past | question | | | smile's lips | | as a remark about the weather | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lip=Initial\_Location | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/5/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)