--- title: Each man (as he still supposed himself to be) essayed to give a cry… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Each man (as he still supposed himself to be) essayed to give a cry of surprise, but found that he could merely grunt, and that, in a word, he was just such another beast as his companions. Who acts: comrade, man, surprise. 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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 (comrade, man, surprise), 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:pg976:17:42 # text = Each man (as he still supposed himself to be) essayed to give a cry of surprise, but found that he could merely grunt, and that, in a word, he was just such another beast as his companions. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 12 essayed essay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 merely merely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 grunt grunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 40 amod _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | past | comrade | comrade | | | still | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | to-infinitive | comrade *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **essay** | past | each man | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | each man *not said here* | a cry of surprise | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | each man *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **grunt** | could | comrade | that | | | | merely *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | comrade | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **cry** | | surprise | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/43/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/)