--- title: In the center of it there should be a noble palace, in which Cadmus… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the center of it there should be a noble palace, in which Cadmus might dwell, and be their king, with a throne, a crown, a sceptre, a purple robe, and everything else that a king ought to have; for in him there was the royal blood, and the royal heart, and the head that knew how to rule. 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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 (you, Cadmus, everything, head), 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:pg976:12:95 # text = In the center of it there should be a noble palace, in which Cadmus might dwell, and be their king, with a throne, a crown, a sceptre, a purple robe, and everything else that a king ought to have; for in him there was the royal blood, and the royal heart, and the head that knew how to rule. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 15 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 46 nsubj _ _ 40 else else ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 51 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 52 expl _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 65 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 69 advmod _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | a noble palace and the royal heart and the head | | the center of center | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | might | Cadmus | | | a noble palace and the royal heart and the head | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | strangers's king and a crown and a sceptre and a purple robe | | | | with a throne | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | ought | everything | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | everything *not said here* | the royal blood | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | past | the head | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **rule** | to-infinitive | the head *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/96/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/12/)