--- title: Immediately on feeling the blow, he seemed to take it for granted th… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Immediately on feeling the blow, he seemed to take it for granted that somebody had struck him; and, uplifting his weapon, he smote his next neighbor a blow that cleft his helmet asunder, and stretched him on the ground. Who acts: Cadmus, somebody, blow. 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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, somebody, blow), 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:pg976:13:45 # text = Immediately on feeling the blow, he seemed to take it for granted that somebody had struck him; and, uplifting his weapon, he smote his next neighbor a blow that cleft his helmet asunder, and stretched him on the ground. 1 Immediately immediately ADV RB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 uplifting uplift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cleft cleft VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | the blow | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | past | Cadmus | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | Cadmus *not said here* | blow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **grant** | participle | Cadmus *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strike** | past · perfect | somebody | Cadmus | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 6 | **uplift** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | Cadmus's weapon | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus weapon=Experiencer | | 7 | **smite** | past | Cadmus | Cadmus's next neighbor | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus neighbor=Experiencer blow=Result | | 8 | **cleft** | past | a blow | Cadmus's helmet asunder | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **stretch** | past | Cadmus *not said here* | Cadmus | | the ground | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/46/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)