--- title: The child promised to be as prudent as if she were a grown-up woman;… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The child promised to be as prudent as if she were a grown-up woman; and, by the time the winged dragons had whirled the car out of sight, she was already on the shore, calling to the sea nymphs to come and play with her. Who acts: child. 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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 (child), 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:pg976:20:10 # text = The child promised to be as prudent as if she were a grown-up woman; and, by the time the winged dragons had whirled the car out of sight, she was already on the shore, calling to the sea nymphs to come and play with her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 16 case _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 whirled whirl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 already already ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 nymphs nymph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the child | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | prudent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | child | | | | | as a grown woman | tree rules | | 5 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **whirl** | past · perfect · passive | | the winged dragons | | sight | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme car=Result | | 7 | **is** | past | child | | | the shore | | | tree rules | | 8 | **call** | gerund | the child *not said here* | | the sea nymphs | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to nymph=Recipient | | 9 | **come** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **play** | infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | with child | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/11/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/)