--- title: "Cadmus," said a voice but whether it came from above or below him,… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Cadmus," said a voice but whether it came from above or below him, or whether it spoke within his own breast, the young man could not tell--"Cadmus, pluck out the dragon's teeth, and plant them in the earth." Who acts: Cadmus, voice, young man. 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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, voice, young man), 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:pg976:13:24 # text = "Cadmus," said a voice but whether it came from above or below him, or whether it spoke within his own breast, the young man could not tell--"Cadmus, pluck out the dragon's teeth, and plant them in the earth." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 above above ADV RB _ 11 obl _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 below below ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 19 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 22 within within ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cadmus | a voice | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | voice | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from above=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | voice | | | | | within Cadmus's own breast | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | the young man | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pluck out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Cadmus | the dragon's teeth | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 6 | **plant** *in a quote* | infinitive | the young man *not said here* | teeth *= tooth* | | the earth | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in earth=Destination | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/25/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)