--- title: The secret of it was, you must know, that the cow was an enchanted c… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The secret of it was, you must know, that the cow was an enchanted cow, and that, without their being conscious of it, she threw some of her enchantment over everybody that took so much as half a dozen steps behind her. Who acts: secret, cow. 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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 (secret, cow), 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:pg976:12:89 # text = The secret of it was, you must know, that the cow was an enchanted cow, and that, without their being conscious of it, she threw some of her enchantment over everybody that took so much as half a dozen steps behind her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 without without SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 25 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 behind behind ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must · past | the secret of end | | | | | know *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | the cow | a enchanted cow | | | | that *nmod* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | gerund | the secret of end *not said here* | | | | of end | conscious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | past | cow | some | | everybody | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent some=Theme over everybody=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past | | much | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 7 | **enchant** | | cow | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/90/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)