--- title: It was a life-like picture of their recent adventures, showing them… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was a life-like picture of their recent adventures, showing them in the cave of Polyphemus, and how they had put out his one great moony eye; while in another part of the tapestry they were untying the leathern bags, puffed out with contrary winds; and farther on, they beheld themselves scamperin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/82/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/) / 82 # Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 82 It was a life-like picture of their recent adventures, showing them in the cave of Polyphemus, and how they had put out his one great moony eye; while in another part of the tapestry they were untying the leathern bags, puffed out with contrary winds; and farther on, they beheld themselves scampering away from the gigantic king of the Laestrygons, who had caught one of them by the leg. **Who acts:** web, recent adventures, voyagers, leg · **What happens:** be, show, put out, untie, puff out, behold · **To what, where:** like picture, voyagers, one great moony eye, leathern bags, part, Laestrygons 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 (web, recent adventures, voyagers, leg), 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:pg976:16:82 # text = It was a life-like picture of their recent adventures, showing them in the cave of Polyphemus, and how they had put out his one great moony eye; while in another part of the tapestry they were untying the leathern bags, puffed out with contrary winds; and farther on, they beheld themselves scampering away from the gigantic king of the Laestrygons, who had caught one of them by the leg. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 recent recent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Polyphemus Polyphemus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 moony moony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 untying untie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 leathern leathern NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 puffed puff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 55 advmod _ _ 55 on on ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 59 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obj _ _ 60 scampering scamper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 advcl _ _ 61 away away ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Laestrygons Laestrygon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 acl _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 72 obj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nmod _ _ 76 by by ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | web | a like picture | | | | of voyagers's recent adventures | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | gerund | voyagers's recent adventures *not said here* | voyagers *= voyager* | | | | in the cave of Polyphemus | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Patient in cave=Topic | | 3 | **put out** | past · perfect | voyagers *= voyager* | Polyphemus's one great moony eye | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal | | 4 | **untie** | past · progressive | voyagers *= voyager* | the leathern bags | | another part of the tapestry | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | | 5 | **puff out** | participle | | the leathern bags *not said here* | | | | with contrary winds | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wind=Theme | | 6 | **behold** | past | voyagers *= voyager* | voyagers *= voyager* | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | | 7 | **scamper away** | gerund | voyagers *= voyager* *not said here* | | | | | from the gigantic king of the Laestrygons; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from king=Trajectory | | 8 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | the leg | the Laestrygons | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary one=Theme | | 9 | **adventure** | | voyagers *= voyager* | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/83/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/)