--- title: To tell you the truth, if we go to yonder palace, there can be no qu… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To tell you the truth, if we go to yonder palace, there can be no question that we shall make our appearance at the dinner table; but whether seated as guests, or served up as food, is a point to be seriously considered." Who acts: we, question. 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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 (we, question), 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:pg976:15:57 # text = To tell you the truth, if we go to yonder palace, there can be no question that we shall make our appearance at the dinner table; but whether seated as guests, or served up as food, is a point to be seriously considered." 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | the truth | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **can** | can | no question | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | shall | no question | our appearance | | the dinner table | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | | 5 | **seat** | participle | | | | | | as guests | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 6 | **serve up** | participle | | | | | | as food | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as food=Attribute | | 7 | **is a** | present | | a point | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **consider** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | seriously *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/58/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)