--- title: In short, I have said enough to make you guess that it was Quicksilv… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In short, I have said enough to make you guess that it was Quicksilver; and Ulysses (who knew him of old, and had learned a great deal of his wisdom from him) recognized him in a moment. Who acts: I, you, staff, Ulysses. 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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 (I, you, staff, Ulysses), 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:pg976:17:88 # text = In short, I have said enough to make you guess that it was Quicksilver; and Ulysses (who knew him of old, and had learned a great deal of his wisdom from him) recognized him in a moment. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 38 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | | | | enough *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **guess** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | staff | Quicksilver | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | Ulysses | serpent | | | | of old | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **learn** | past · perfect | | a great deal of Ulysses's wisdom from Ulysses | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Topic | | 7 | **recognize** | past | | Ulysses | | | moment | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **deal** | | | Ulysses's wisdom from Ulysses | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/89/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/17/)