--- title: Running towards the tuft of trees, he beheld the head and fiery eyes… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Running towards the tuft of trees, he beheld the head and fiery eyes of an immense serpent or dragon, with the widest jaws that ever a dragon had, and a vast many rows of horribly sharp teeth. Who acts: tuft, dragon. 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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 (tuft, dragon), 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:pg976:13:9 # text = Running towards the tuft of trees, he beheld the head and fiery eyes of an immense serpent or dragon, with the widest jaws that ever a dragon had, and a vast many rows of horribly sharp teeth. 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 towards towards ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 widest wide ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | tuft *not said here* | | | the tuft of trees | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards tuft=Destination | | 2 | **behold** | past | tuft | the head and fiery eyes of a immense serpent or dragon | | | | with the widest jaws; a vast many rows of sharp teeth *obl* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | a dragon | the widest jaws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/10/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)