--- title: Its unaccountable behavior made him conclude, at last, that the bird… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Its unaccountable behavior made him conclude, at last, that the bird knew of some danger that awaited him, and which must needs be very terrible, beyond all question, since it moved even a little fowl to feel compassion for a human being. Who acts: unaccountable behavior, bird, danger, behavior. 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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 (unaccountable behavior, bird, danger, behavior), 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:pg976:15:33 # text = Its unaccountable behavior made him conclude, at last, that the bird knew of some danger that awaited him, and which must needs be very terrible, beyond all question, since it moved even a little fowl to feel compassion for a human being. 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 unaccountable unaccountable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 behavior behavior NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 conclude conclude VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 since since SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 47 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | flutter's unaccountable behavior | bird | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **conclude** | infinitive | bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **know** | past | the bird | | | | | of some danger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of danger=Stimulus | | 4 | **await** | past | some danger | bird | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **need** | must | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is** *not said to happen* | infinitive | | | | | | terrible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **move** | past | behavior | a little fowl | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme fowl=Result | | 8 | **feel** | to-infinitive | behavior *not said here* | compassion | | | | human *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/34/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)