--- title: Some of you have heard, no doubt, of the wise King Ulysses, and how… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Some of you have heard, no doubt, of the wise King Ulysses, and how he went to the siege of Troy, and how, after that famous city was taken and burned, he spent ten long years in trying to get back again to his own little kingdom of Ithaca. Who acts: Some, King, city. 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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 (Some, King, city), 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:pg976:15:1 # text = Some of you have heard, no doubt, of the wise King Ulysses, and how he went to the siege of Troy, and how, after that famous city was taken and burned, he spent ten long years in trying to get back again to his own little kingdom of Ithaca. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Troy Troy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 after after SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 in in SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 51 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Ithaca Ithaca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | Some | no doubt | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | King | | | the siege of Troy | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to siege=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | that famous city | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spend** | past | city | | | | year | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **try** | gerund | city *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **get back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | city *not said here* | | | | again | to city's own little kingdom of Ithaca *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result | 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 5, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/14/9/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/2/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)