--- title: But King Ulysses was a bold man as well as a prudent one; and on the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But King Ulysses was a bold man as well as a prudent one; and on the third morning he determined to discover what sort of a place the island was, and whether it were possible to obtain a supply of food for the hungry mouths of his companions. Who acts: Ulysses, it. 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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 (Ulysses, it), 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:pg976:15:14 # text = But King Ulysses was a bold man as well as a prudent one; and on the third morning he determined to discover what sort of a place the island was, and whether it were possible to obtain a supply of food for the hungry mouths of his companions. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 13 cc _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 fixed _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 25 det _ _ 25 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 csubj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Ulysses King | a bold man as a prudent one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **determine** | past | Ulysses | a bold man as a prudent one *not said here* | | | morning | | tree rules | | 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive | Ulysses *not said here* | what sort of a place | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | it | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | a supply of food | | | | for the hungry mouths of Ulysses's companions | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent supply=Theme for mouth=Asset | | 6 | **sort** | | | a place | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/15/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)