--- title: But, remembering what the oracle had said, he only half uttered the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, remembering what the oracle had said, he only half uttered the words, and then mumbled the rest indistinctly; and from his confusion, people must have imagined that this handsome young man had lost his wits. Who acts: oracle, people, this. 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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 (oracle, people, this), 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:pg976:12:49 # text = But, remembering what the oracle had said, he only half uttered the words, and then mumbled the rest indistinctly; and from his confusion, people must have imagined that this handsome young man had lost his wits. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj:pass _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 oracle oracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 13 advmod _ _ 13 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 mumbled mumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 indistinctly indistinctly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 32 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 wits wit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | gerund | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the oracle | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | oracle | the words | | | | half *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **mumble** *speech: other* | past | oracle *not said here* | the rest | | | then | indistinctly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic | | 5 | **imagine** | must · perfect | people | | | oracle's confusion | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **man** | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | handsome young man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **confuse** | | oracle | | | | | | nom confusion «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/50/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)