--- title: Quicksilver then gave him some further advice how to behave, and bid… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Quicksilver then gave him some further advice how to behave, and bidding him be bold and prudent, again assured him that, powerful as Circe was, he would have a fair prospect of coming safely out of her enchanted palace. Who acts: Quicksilver, bidding, fair prospect. 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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 (Quicksilver, bidding, fair prospect), 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:pg976:18:8 # text = Quicksilver then gave him some further advice how to behave, and bidding him be bold and prudent, again assured him that, powerful as Circe was, he would have a fair prospect of coming safely out of her enchanted palace. 1 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 6 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 behave behave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 bidding bid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 csubj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Circe Circe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 safely safely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Quicksilver | some further advice | fox | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | | 2 | **behave** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bid** | gerund | | fox | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | bidding | | | | | bold *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | bidding *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **assure** | past | Quicksilver *not said here* | that | fox | | again | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition he=Beneficiary that=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | as Circe; powerful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | would | Quicksilver | a fair prospect | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prospect=Patient | | 9 | **come** | gerund | a fair prospect *not said here* | | | Circe's enchanted palace | | safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out palace=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/9/) - ↑ back to [Circe's Palace., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/18/)