--- title: "It is the wholesomest juice that ever was squeezed out of the grape… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "It is the wholesomest juice that ever was squeezed out of the grape," said she; "for, instead of disguising a man, as other liquor is apt to do, it brings him to his true self, and shows him as he ought to be." Who acts: enchantress, other liquor. 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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 (enchantress, other liquor), 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:pg976:18:48 # text = "It is the wholesomest juice that ever was squeezed out of the grape," said she; "for, instead of disguising a man, as other liquor is apt to do, it brings him to his true self, and shows him as he ought to be." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wholesomest wholesome ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 squeezed squeeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 grape grape NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 disguising disguise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 liquor liquor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 apt apt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | enchantress | the wholesomest juice | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **squeeze out** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the wholesomest juice | | the grape | ever | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Theme grape=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **disguise** *in a quote* | gerund | | | a man | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Destination | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | other liquor | | | | | apt *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | other liquor *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | enchantress | | Ulysses | Ulysses's true self | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to self=Destination | | 8 | **show** *in a quote* | present | enchantress *not said here* | | Ulysses | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | enchantress *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/49/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/)