--- title: This was as far as the work had yet proceeded; but when the beautifu… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This was as far as the work had yet proceeded; but when the beautiful woman should again sit down at her loom, she would probably make a picture of what had since happened to the strangers, and of what was now going to happen. Who acts: This, beautiful woman, woman, picture. 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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 (This, beautiful woman, woman, picture), 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:pg976:16:84 # text = This was as far as the work had yet proceeded; but when the beautiful woman should again sit down at her loom, she would probably make a picture of what had since happened to the strangers, and of what was now going to happen. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 proceeded proceed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 probably probably ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 since since ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | This | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **proceed** | past · perfect · passive | | the work | | | yet | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit down** | should | the beautiful woman | | | woman's loom | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at loom=Location | | 4 | **make** | would | woman | a picture | | | | probably *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Product | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | a picture | | | | | to the strangers; since *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | now | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **happen** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/85/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/16/)