--- title: Cadmus loitered behind, whistling idly to himself, and scarcely noti… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Cadmus loitered behind, whistling idly to himself, and scarcely noticing the cow; until the thought occurred to him, whether this could possibly be the animal which, according to the oracle's response, was to serve him for a guide. Who acts: Cadmus, thought, response. 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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, thought, response), 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:pg976:12:53 # text = Cadmus loitered behind, whistling idly to himself, and scarcely noticing the cow; until the thought occurred to him, whether this could possibly be the animal which, according to the oracle's response, was to serve him for a guide. 1 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loitered loiter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 whistling whistle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 idly idly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 until until SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 case _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 oracle oracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loiter** | past | Cadmus | | | | | behind *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **whistle** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | | man | | | idly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **notice** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | the cow | | | | scarcely *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus | | 4 | **occur** | past | the thought | | man | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | could | | this animal | | | | possibly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the oracle's response | | | | | for a guide; serve *property* | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/54/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)