--- title: At the farther extremity of this hall, approaching slowly towards hi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the farther extremity of this hall, approaching slowly towards him, Cadmus beheld a female figure, wonderfully beautiful, and adorned with a royal robe, and a crown of diamonds over her golden ringlets, and the richest necklace that ever a queen wore. Who acts: farther extremity, Cadmus, queen. 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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 (farther extremity, Cadmus, queen), 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:pg976:13:89 # text = At the farther extremity of this hall, approaching slowly towards him, Cadmus beheld a female figure, wonderfully beautiful, and adorned with a royal robe, and a crown of diamonds over her golden ringlets, and the richest necklace that ever a queen wore. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 extremity extremity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 10 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 towards towards ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ringlets ringlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ _ 43 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 45 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | gerund | the farther extremity of this hall *not said here* | | | | | towards Cadmus; slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **behold** | past | Cadmus | a female figure | | the farther extremity of this hall | | a crown of diamonds over nature's golden ringlets *obl* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus | | 3 | **adorn** | participle | Cadmus *not said here* | | | | | with a royal robe | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with robe=Theme | | 4 | **wear** | past | a queen | the richest necklace | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent that=Source | | 5 | **crown** | | | diamonds | | nature's golden ringlets | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient over=place | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/90/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)