--- title: But, as Cadmus advanced to meet the beautiful stranger, he saw that… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, as Cadmus advanced to meet the beautiful stranger, he saw that her features were unknown to him, although, in the little time that it required to tread along the hall, he had already felt a sympathy betwixt himself and her. Who acts: Cadmus, features, stranger, her. 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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, features, stranger, her), 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:pg976:14:1 # text = But, as Cadmus advanced to meet the beautiful stranger, he saw that her features were unknown to him, although, in the little time that it required to tread along the hall, he had already felt a sympathy betwixt himself and her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 although although SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 along along ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 already already ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sympathy sympathy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 betwixt betwixt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | past | Cadmus | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Cadmus *not said here* | the beautiful stranger | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Cadmus | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | her features | | Cadmus | | | unknown *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **require** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 6 | **tread** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | the hall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along hall=Trajectory | | 7 | **feel** | past · perfect | Cadmus | a sympathy | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sympathy=Theme | | 8 | **feature** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: poss=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: [The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/13/91/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/14/2/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/14/)