--- title: But, in course of time, they got accustomed to honest labor, and had… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, in course of time, they got accustomed to honest labor, and had sense enough to feel that there was more true enjoyment in living at peace, and doing good to one's neighbor, than in striking at him with a two-edged sword. Who acts: sense, more true enjoyment. 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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 (sense, more true enjoyment), 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:pg976:13:76 # text = But, in course of time, they got accustomed to honest labor, and had sense enough to feel that there was more true enjoyment in living at peace, and doing good to one's neighbor, than in striking at him with a two-edged sword. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 enough enough ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 25 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 27 in in SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 in in SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 edged edge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accustom** | past · passive | | workmen *= workman* | | course | time | to honest labor | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | sense | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | sense *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past | sense *not said here* | more true enjoyment | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | gerund | more true enjoyment *not said here* | | | peace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at peace=Location | | 6 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | to one's neighbor; good *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **strike** | gerund | | | | | | at Cadmus; with a edged sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at he=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 8 | **edge** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/77/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)