--- title: Chancing to cast his eyes at the fountain, he saw that it did not sh… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Chancing to cast his eyes at the fountain, he saw that it did not shift its shape, as formerly, nor looked either like a long-robed man, or a lion, a tiger, a wolf, or an ass. Who acts: Eurylochus, feast. 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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, feast), 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:pg976:16:73 # text = Chancing to cast his eyes at the fountain, he saw that it did not shift its shape, as formerly, nor looked either like a long-robed man, or a lion, a tiger, a wolf, or an ass. 1 Chancing chance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 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 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 shift shift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chance** | gerund | Eurylochus *not said here* | | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **cast** | to-infinitive | Eurylochus *not said here* | Eurylochus's eyes | | the fountain | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at fountain=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | Eurylochus | a lion and a tiger and a wolf | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **shift** | past · do-support | feast | feast's shape | | | | formerly *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer shape=Patient | | 5 | **look** | past | Eurylochus *not said here* | | | | | like a robed man; either *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **robe** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/74/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/)