--- title: "Remember," said Eurylochus, "that it was a young maiden who beguile… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Remember," said Eurylochus, "that it was a young maiden who beguiled three of our friends into the palace of the king of the Laestrygons, who ate up one of them in the twinkling of an eye." Who acts: Eurylochus, harm, young maiden, Laestrygons. 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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 (Eurylochus, harm, young maiden, Laestrygons), 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:pg976:16:59 # text = "Remember," said Eurylochus, "that it was a young maiden who beguiled three of our friends into the palace of the king of the Laestrygons, who ate up one of them in the twinkling of an eye." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Eurylochus Eurylochus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 beguiled beguile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Laestrygons Laestrygon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Eurylochus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | harm | a young maiden | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **beguile** *in a quote* | past | a young maiden | three of our friends | | the palace of the king of the Laestrygons | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus three=Experiencer | | 5 | **eat up** *in a quote* | past | the Laestrygons | one of maidens | | the twinkling of a eye | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/60/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/)