--- title: One of them (more brutal than his fellows, and the most notorious go… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One of them (more brutal than his fellows, and the most notorious gormandizer in the crew) said such a cruel and wicked thing, that I wonder the mere thought did not turn him into a wild beast, in shape, as he already was in his nature. Who acts: notorious gormandizer, I, mere. 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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 (notorious gormandizer, I, mere), 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:pg976:15:92 # text = One of them (more brutal than his fellows, and the most notorious gormandizer in the crew) said such a cruel and wicked thing, that I wonder the mere thought did not turn him into a wild beast, in shape, as he already was in his nature. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 brutal brutal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 notorious notorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 gormandizer gormandizer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wonder wonder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 48 already already ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the notorious gormandizer in the crew | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **turn** | past · do-support | the mere | bird | | a wild beast | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into beast=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | past | mere | | | mere's nature | | | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/91/) - next →: [Circe's Palace., part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/1/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/15/)