--- title: But, when Cadmus arose, and took his way towards the site where the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, when Cadmus arose, and took his way towards the site where the palace was to be built, followed by his five sturdy workmen marching all in a row, what do you think he saw? Who acts: Cadmus, five sturdy workmen, you. 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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, five sturdy workmen, you), 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:pg976:13:81 # text = But, when Cadmus arose, and took his way towards the site where the palace was to be built, followed by his five sturdy workmen marching all in a row, what do you think he saw? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 towards towards ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 sturdy sturdy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:agent _ _ 28 marching march VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | Cadmus | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Cadmus *not said here* | Cadmus's way | | | | towards the site | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **build** | past · passive | Cadmus *not said here* | the palace | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **follow** | participle | Cadmus *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **march** | gerund | Cadmus's five sturdy workmen *not said here* | a row | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme row=Trajectory | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | you | a row | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | Cadmus | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/82/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)