--- title: He wore a short cloak and a sort of cap that seemed to be furnished… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He wore a short cloak and a sort of cap that seemed to be furnished with a pair of wings; and from the lightness of his step, you would have supposed that there might likewise be wings on his feet. Who acts: Ulysses, cap. 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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, cap), 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:pg976:17:86 # text = He wore a short cloak and a sort of cap that seemed to be furnished with a pair of wings; and from the lightness of his step, you would have supposed that there might likewise be wings on his feet. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lightness lightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | Ulysses | a short cloak and a sort of cap | | the lightness of Ulysses's step | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme from lightness=Source | | 2 | **seem** | past | cap | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **furnish** | to-infinitive · passive | cap *not said here* | | | | | with a pair of wings | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with pair=Theme | | 4 | **suppose** | would · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | | wings | | Ulysses's feet | | likewise *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sort** | | | cap | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **step** | | Ulysses | | | | | | nom step «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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/87/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/)