--- title: He fancied it his long-lost sister Europa, now grown to womanhood, c… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He fancied it his long-lost sister Europa, now grown to womanhood, coming to make him happy, and to repay him with her sweet sisterly affection, for all those weary wonderings in quest of her since he left King Agenor's palace--for the tears that he had shed, on parting with Phoenix, and Cilix, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/91/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/) / 91 # Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, sentence 91 He fancied it his long-lost sister Europa, now grown to womanhood, coming to make him happy, and to repay him with her sweet sisterly affection, for all those weary wonderings in quest of her since he left King Agenor's palace--for the tears that he had shed, on parting with Phoenix, and Cilix, and Thasus--for the heart-breakings that had made the whole world seem dismal to him over his dear mother's grave. **Who acts:** Cadmus, heart breakings, Cilix · **What happens:** fancy, lose, grow, come, make, repay · **To what, where:** figure, long lost sister, Cadmus, palace, tears, parting This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cadmus, heart breakings, Cilix), 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:pg976:13:91 # text = He fancied it his long-lost sister Europa, now grown to womanhood, coming to make him happy, and to repay him with her sweet sisterly affection, for all those weary wonderings in quest of her since he left King Agenor's palace--for the tears that he had shed, on parting with Phoenix, and Cilix, and Thasus--for the heart-breakings that had made the whole world seem dismal to him over his dear mother's grave. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 womanhood womanhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 repay repay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 sisterly sisterly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 34 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wonderings wondering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 since since SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Agenor Agenor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 shed shed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 Cilix Cilix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 Thasus Thasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 -- -- PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 for for ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 70 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 breakings breaking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 nsubj _ _ 73 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 75 nsubj _ _ 74 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 72 acl _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 79 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 80 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 xcomp _ _ 81 to to ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obl _ _ 83 over over ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 84 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:poss _ _ 85 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 87 's 's PART POS _ 86 case _ _ 88 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past | Cadmus | figure | | | | Cadmus's long lost sister *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | participle | | Cadmus's long lost sister *not said here* | | | now | to womanhood | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | gerund | Cadmus *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Cadmus *not said here* | Cadmus | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 6 | **repay** | to-infinitive | Cadmus *not said here* | | Cadmus | | | with Europa's sweet sisterly affection; for all weary wonderings in quest | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with affection=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | past | Cadmus | King Agenor's palace | | | | for the tears | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent palace=Theme for tear=Recipient | | 8 | **shed** | past · perfect · passive | | the tears | | parting with Phoenix | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source | | 9 | **make** | past · perfect | the heart breakings | the whole world | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset world=Product | | 10 | **seem** | present | Cilix and Thasus | | | | | dismal *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/90/) - next →: [The Dragon's Teeth., part 5, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/14/1/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/)