--- title: Too much frightened to run away, she stood straining her eyes into t… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Too much frightened to run away, she stood straining her eyes into this wonderful cavity, and soon saw a team of four sable horses, snorting smoke out of their nostrils, and tearing their way out of the earth with a splendid golden chariot whirling at their heels. 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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 (notion, splendid golden chariot), 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:pg976:20:49 # text = Too much frightened to run away, she stood straining her eyes into this wonderful cavity, and soon saw a team of four sable horses, snorting smoke out of their nostrils, and tearing their way out of the earth with a splendid golden chariot whirling at their heels. 1 Too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ _ 10 straining strain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cavity cavity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 snorting snort VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 29 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 tearing tear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 48 whirling whirl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run away** | to-infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | notion | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **strain** | gerund | notion *not said here* | notion's eyes | | this wonderful cavity | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | | 5 | **see** | past | notion *not said here* | a team of four sable horses | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus | | 6 | **snort** | gerund | | smoke | | horses's nostrils | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Patient | | 7 | **tear** | gerund | | horses's way | | the earth | | with a splendid golden chariot | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent way=Patient with chariot=Instrument | | 8 | **whirl** | gerund | a splendid golden chariot *not said here* | | | horses's heels | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at heel=Trajectory | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/50/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/20/)