--- title: We would not turn back, though we were certain that the king of the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We would not turn back, though we were certain that the king of the Laestrygons, as big as a mountain, would sit at the head of the table, and huge Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, at its foot." Who acts: We, king. 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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, king), 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:pg976:16:28 # text = We would not turn back, though we were certain that the king of the Laestrygons, as big as a mountain, would sit at the head of the table, and huge Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, at its foot." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Laestrygons Laestrygon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Polyphemus Polyphemus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Cyclops cyclops NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **turn back** | would | We | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | we | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | would | the king of the Laestrygons | huge Polyphemus and the eyed Cyclops | | the head of the table | | at table's foot | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at head=Location | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/29/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/)