--- title: And when he attempted to drive it away, the bird flew no farther tha… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when he attempted to drive it away, the bird flew no farther than the bough of the next tree, and again came fluttering about his head, with its doleful chirp, as soon as he showed a purpose of going forward. Who acts: bird, purpose, face. 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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 (bird, purpose, face), 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:pg976:15:27 # text = And when he attempted to drive it away, the bird flew no farther than the bough of the next tree, and again came fluttering about his head, with its doleful chirp, as soon as he showed a purpose of going forward. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 attempted attempt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 no no ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 fluttering flutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 about about ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 doleful doleful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 chirp chirp NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 45 forward forward ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attempt** | past | bird | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **drive away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | bird *not said here* | face | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 3 | **fly** | past | the bird | | | | | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | the bird *not said here* | | | | again | with face's doleful chirp; soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **flutter** | gerund | the bird *not said here* | | | | | about bird's head | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about head=Location | | 6 | **show** | past | bird | a purpose | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent purpose=Recipient | | 7 | **go** | gerund | a purpose *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **chirp** | | face | | | | | | nom chirp «event intransitive»: 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: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/28/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)