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title: Merely from the title of the stories I saw at once that the subjects… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Merely from the title of the stories I saw at once that the subjects were not less rich than those of the former volume; nor did I at all doubt that Mr. Bright's audacity (so far as that endowment might avail) had enabled him to take full advantage of whatever capabilities they offered. Who acts: I,
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Wayside. Introductory., sentence 40

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Merely from the title of the stories I saw at once that the subjects were not less rich than those of the former volume; nor did I at all doubt that Mr. Bright's audacity (so far as that endowment might avail) had enabled him to take full advantage of whatever capabilities they offered.

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**Who acts:** I, subjects, endowment, audacity, capabilities · **What happens:** see, be, do, avail, enable, take · **To what, where:** title, endowment, doubt, full advantage, stories

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Wayside. Introductory.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, subjects, endowment, audacity), 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:pg976:2:40
# text = Merely from the title of the stories I saw at once that the subjects were not less rich than those of the former volume; nor did I at all doubt that Mr. Bright's audacity (so far as that endowment might avail) had enabled him to take full advantage of whatever capabilities they offered.
1	Merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	_
19	than	than	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	27	cc	_	_
27	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
28	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
29	at	at	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	31	det	_	_
31	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
33	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod:desc	_	_
34	Bright	Bright	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	36	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	's	's	PART	POS	_	34	case	_	_
36	audacity	audacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
37	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	44	advmod	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	det	_	_
42	endowment	endowment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
43	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	avail	avail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	44	punct	_	_
46	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	enabled	enable	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	conj	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
51	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nmod	_	_
55	capabilities	capability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
56	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
57	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | I |  |  | the title of the stories |  | merely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the subjects |  |  |  |  | than those; less, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **avail** | might | that endowment |  |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **enable** | past · perfect | Bright  Mr.'s audacity | endowment |  | all doubt |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | Bright  Mr.'s audacity *not said here* | full advantage of whatever |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme |
| 7 | **offer** | past | capabilities |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **title** |  |  | the stories |  |  |  |  | nom title «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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