--- title: The moment she beheld his stately figure standing in the doorway, th… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The moment she beheld his stately figure standing in the doorway, the beautiful woman rose from the loom, and ran to meet him with a glad smile throwing its sunshine over her face, and both her hands extended. Who acts: moment, stately figure, beautiful woman, glad smile. 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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 (moment, stately figure, beautiful woman, glad smile), 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:pg976:18:19 # text = The moment she beheld his stately figure standing in the doorway, the beautiful woman rose from the loom, and ran to meet him with a glad smile throwing its sunshine over her face, and both her hands extended. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 stately stately ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 extended extend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the moment | Ulysses's stately figure | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | Ulysses's stately figure *not said here* | | | the doorway | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in doorway=Location | | 3 | **rise** | past | the beautiful woman | the doorway *not said here* | | the loom | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient doorway=Extent from loom=Initial\_State | | 4 | **run** | past | the moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | Ulysses | | | | with a glad smile | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme with smile=Instrument | | 6 | **throw** | gerund | a glad smile *not said here* | smile's sunshine | | woman's face | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sunshine=Theme over face=Destination | | 7 | **extend** | past | woman's hands | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **figure** | | Ulysses | | | | | | nom figure «communication 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/20/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/)