--- title: But the palace of Cadmus was not yet erected, because they had left… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the palace of Cadmus was not yet erected, because they had left it till the last, meaning to introduce all the new improvements of architecture, and make it very commodious, as well as stately and beautiful. Who acts: workmen, you, architecture. 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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 (workmen, you, architecture), 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:pg976:13:79 # text = But the palace of Cadmus was not yet erected, because they had left it till the last, meaning to introduce all the new improvements of architecture, and make it very commodious, as well as stately and beautiful. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 yet yet ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 erected erect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 till till ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 introduce introduce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 improvements improvement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 architecture architecture NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 commodious commodious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 39 stately stately ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **erect** | past · passive | | the palace of Cadmus | | | yet | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | workmen *= workman* | palace | | | till the last | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | gerund | workmen *= workman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **introduce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | workmen *= workman* *not said here* | all new improvements of architecture | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent improvement=Patient | | 5 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | palace | | | | commodious, stately *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 6 | **improve** | | architecture | | | | | | nom improvement «event intransitive»: of=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/80/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)