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title: And forthwith, feeling themselves bound to obey him, the five remain… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And forthwith, feeling themselves bound to obey him, the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth made him a military salute with their swords, returned them to the scabbards, and stood before Cadmus in a rank, eyeing him as soldiers eye their captain, while awaiting the word of command. Who acts: 
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, sentence 59

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And forthwith, feeling themselves bound to obey him, the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth made him a military salute with their swords, returned them to the scabbards, and stood before Cadmus in a rank, eyeing him as soldiers eye their captain, while awaiting the word of command.

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**Who acts:** weapons, five remaining sons · **What happens:** feel, obey, make, return, stand, eye · **To what, where:** weapons, Cadmus, military salute, scabbards, rank, word

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (weapons, five remaining sons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:13:59
# text = And forthwith, feeling themselves bound to obey him, the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth made him a military salute with their swords, returned them to the scabbards, and stood before Cadmus in a rank, eyeing him as soldiers eye their captain, while awaiting the word of command.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	bound	bound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
20	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	salute	salute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
30	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	scabbards	scabbard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
37	before	before	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	eyeing	eye	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
44	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	compound	_	_
47	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
52	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	conj	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  | weapons *= weapon* |  |  |  | bound *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 2 | **obey** | to-infinitive | weapons *= weapon* *not said here* | Cadmus |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past | the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth | a military salute | Cadmus |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary salute=Product |
| 4 | **return** | past | the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth *not said here* | weapons *= weapon* |  | the scabbards |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to scabbard=Destination |
| 5 | **stand** | past |  |  |  | a rank | before Cadmus |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before cadmus=Location |
| 6 | **eye** | gerund |  | Cadmus |  |  |  | as soldiers eye | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 7 | **await** | gerund |  | the word of command |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **word** |  |  | command |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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