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title: As for the lions, tigers, and wolves (though Circe would have restor… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: As for the lions, tigers, and wolves (though Circe would have restored them to their former shapes at his slightest word), Ulysses thought it advisable that they should remain as they now were, and thus give warning of their cruel dispositions, instead of going about under the guise of men, and pret
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# Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 5, sentence 9

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As for the lions, tigers, and wolves (though Circe would have restored them to their former shapes at his slightest word), Ulysses thought it advisable that they should remain as they now were, and thus give warning of their cruel dispositions, instead of going about under the guise of men, and pretending to human sympathies, while their hearts had the blood-thirstiness of wild beasts.

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**Who acts:** Ulysses, wolves, hearts, king · **What happens:** restore, think, remain, be, give, go about · **To what, where:** wolves, crown, warning, guise, blood thirstiness, cruel dispositions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ulysses, wolves, hearts, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:19:9
# text = As for the lions, tigers, and wolves (though Circe would have restored them to their former shapes at his slightest word), Ulysses thought it advisable that they should remain as they now were, and thus give warning of their cruel dispositions, instead of going about under the guise of men, and pretending to human sympathies, while their hearts had the blood-thirstiness of wild beasts.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	Circe	circe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	slightest	slight	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	24	amod	_	_
24	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
27	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	advisable	advisable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	xcomp	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	ccomp	_	_
35	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
38	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
43	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
46	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	51	mark	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	fixed	_	_
51	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
52	about	about	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
53	under	under	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	guise	guise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	sympathies	sympathy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
66	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	ccomp	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
70	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	thirstiness	thirstiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | would · perfect · passive |  | wolves |  |  |  | to wolves's former shapes at king's slightest word | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ulysses | crown |  |  |  | as the lions and tigers; advisable *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **remain** | should | wolves *= wolf* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **be** | past | wolves *= wolf* |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | present | Ulysses *not said here* | warning of wolves's cruel dispositions |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 6 | **go about** | gerund | Ulysses *not said here* |  |  | the guise of men |  | about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **pretend** | gerund | Ulysses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to human sympathies | tree rules |
| 8 | **have** | past | wolves's hearts | the blood thirstiness of wild beasts |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirstiness=Patient |
| 9 | **word** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **warn** |  |  | wolves's cruel dispositions |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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