--- title: From what is related of them, I reckon that their favorite diet was… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: From what is related of them, I reckon that their favorite diet was pork, and that they had lived upon it until a good part of their physical substance was swine's flesh, and their tempers and dispositions were very much akin to the hog. Who acts: I, favorite diet, comrades, good part. 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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 (I, favorite diet, comrades, good part), 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:pg976:15:41 # text = From what is related of them, I reckon that their favorite diet was pork, and that they had lived upon it until a good part of their physical substance was swine's flesh, and their tempers and dispositions were very much akin to the hog. 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 diet diet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 pork pork NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 until until ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 tempers temper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 dispositions disposition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 akin akin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | of comrades *= comrade*; related *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reckon** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | comrades's favorite diet | pork | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | past · perfect | comrades *= comrade* | | | diet | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | a good part of comrades's physical substance | | | | until swine's flesh | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | comrades's tempers and dispositions | much akin | | | | to the hog | tree rules | | 7 | **temper** | | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | | nom temper «feeling 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: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/42/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)