--- title: The mere smell of the bubbles, which effervesced at the brim, was en… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The mere smell of the bubbles, which effervesced at the brim, was enough to turn a man's beard into pig's bristles, or make a lion's claws grow out of his fingers, or a fox's brush behind him. Who acts: bubbles, mere smell, claws. 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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 (bubbles, mere smell, claws), 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:pg976:18:52 # text = The mere smell of the bubbles, which effervesced at the brim, was enough to turn a man's beard into pig's bristles, or make a lion's claws grow out of his fingers, or a fox's brush behind him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 effervesced effervesce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 brim brim NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 bristles bristle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 xcomp _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 44 behind behind ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **effervesce** | past | the bubbles | | | the brim | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at brim=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the mere smell of the bubbles | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the mere smell of the bubbles *not said here* | a man's beard | | pig's bristles | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent beard=Theme into bristle=Trajectory | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | the mere smell of the bubbles *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow out** | present | a lion's claws | pig's fingers | | | | a fox's brush behind fox *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location finger=Theme | | 6 | **smell** | | the bubbles | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/53/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/)