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title: But, for all that, Eurylochus imagined that he saw something fierce… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But, for all that, Eurylochus imagined that he saw something fierce and savage in their eyes; nor would he have been surprised, at any moment, to feel the big lion's terrible claws, or to see each of the tigers make a deadly spring, or each wolf leap at the throat of the man whom he had fondled. Who
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# Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 36

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But, for all that, Eurylochus imagined that he saw something fierce and savage in their eyes; nor would he have been surprised, at any moment, to feel the big lion's terrible claws, or to see each of the tigers make a deadly spring, or each wolf leap at the throat of the man whom he had fondled.

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**Who acts:** Eurylochus, each · **What happens:** imagine, see, surprise, feel, make, fondle · **To what, where:** something, Eurylochus, terrible claws, wolf leap, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eurylochus, each), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:16:36
# text = But, for all that, Eurylochus imagined that he saw something fierce and savage in their eyes; nor would he have been surprised, at any moment, to feel the big lion's terrible claws, or to see each of the tigers make a deadly spring, or each wolf leap at the throat of the man whom he had fondled.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	Eurylochus	Eurylochus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	imagined	imagine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	savage	savage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
20	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	25	cc	_	_
21	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	aux	_	_
24	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	surprised	surprise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	29	det	_	_
29	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	's	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	conj	_	_
43	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	47	nsubj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
47	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	55	det	_	_
54	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
56	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
62	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	65	obj	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
64	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	fondled	fondle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	61	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imagine** | past | all Eurylochus |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | Eurylochus | something |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 3 | **surprise** | would · perfect · passive |  | Eurylochus |  |  | moment |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 4 | **feel** | to-infinitive |  | the big lion's terrible claws |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Theme |
| 5 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | each wolf leap at the throat of the man |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **make** | present | each |  |  |  | spring |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 7 | **fondle** | past · perfect | Eurylochus | the man |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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