--- title: And when these words had been repeated until Cadmus was tired of hea… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when these words had been repeated until Cadmus was tired of hearing them (especially as he could not imagine what cow it was, or why he was to follow her), the gusty hole gave vent to another sentence. Who acts: Cadmus, oracle, gusty hole. 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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 (Cadmus, oracle, gusty hole), 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:pg976:12:40 # text = And when these words had been repeated until Cadmus was tired of hearing them (especially as he could not imagine what cow it was, or why he was to follow her), the gusty hole gave vent to another sentence. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 especially especially ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 23 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 gusty gusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 40 vent vent NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | past · perfect · passive | | this words | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | Cadmus | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **imagine** | could | oracle | | | | | especially *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | oracle | | | | | follow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past | the gusty hole | vent | another sentence | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vent=Theme to sentence=Recipient | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/41/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)