--- title: But he had taken only a few steps, when, recollecting some other que… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he had taken only a few steps, when, recollecting some other questions which he wished to ask, he turned round again, and beheld nobody on the spot where Quicksilver had stood; for that winged cap of his, and those winged shoes, with the help of the winged staff, had carried him quickly out of s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/) / 10 # Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 4, sentence 10 But he had taken only a few steps, when, recollecting some other questions which he wished to ask, he turned round again, and beheld nobody on the spot where Quicksilver had stood; for that winged cap of his, and those winged shoes, with the help of the winged staff, had carried him quickly out of sight. **Who acts:** Ulysses, other questions, Quicksilver, that · **What happens:** take, recollect, wish, ask, turn round, behold · **To what, where:** few steps, other questions, nobody, spot, cap, Ulysses This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ulysses, other questions, Quicksilver, that), 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:pg976:18:10 # text = But he had taken only a few steps, when, recollecting some other questions which he wished to ask, he turned round again, and beheld nobody on the spot where Quicksilver had stood; for that winged cap of his, and those winged shoes, with the help of the winged staff, had carried him quickly out of sight. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 recollecting recollect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 round round ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 29 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 28 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 winged wing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 47 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect | Ulysses | a few steps | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 2 | **recollect** | gerund | | some other questions | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | some other questions | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some other questions *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn round** | past | Ulysses | | | | again | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **behold** | participle | Ulysses *not said here* | nobody | | the spot | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nobody=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | past · perfect | Quicksilver | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wing** | past | that | cap of Ulysses's winged shoes | | | | with the help of the winged staff | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme cap=Trajectory | | 9 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **carry** | past · perfect | that *not said here* | Ulysses | | sight | | quickly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out sight=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **help** | | | the winged staff | | | | | nom help «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/11/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/)