--- title: "As I am your king," answered Ulysses, "and wiser than any of you, i… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "As I am your king," answered Ulysses, "and wiser than any of you, it is therefore the more my duty to see what has befallen our comrades, and whether anything can yet be done to rescue them. Who acts: Ulysses, soul. 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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 (Ulysses, soul), 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:pg976:17:68 # text = "As I am your king," answered Ulysses, "and wiser than any of you, it is therefore the more my duty to see what has befallen our comrades, and whether anything can yet be done to rescue them. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 conj _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 22 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ulysses | | | | | as your king | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Ulysses | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | soul | my duty | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ulysses *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **befall** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | our comrades | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | can · passive | | anything | | | yet | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **rescue** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | kings *= king* | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/69/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/)