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title: Nor could it have availed her poor daughter, even had she been withi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Nor could it have availed her poor daughter, even had she been within hearing; for no sooner did Proserpina begin to cry out, than the stranger leaped to the ground, caught the child in his arms, and again mounted the chariot, shook the reins, and shouted to the four black horses to set off. Who act
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1, sentence 65

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Nor could it have availed her poor daughter, even had she been within hearing; for no sooner did Proserpina begin to cry out, than the stranger leaped to the ground, caught the child in his arms, and again mounted the chariot, shook the reins, and shouted to the four black horses to set off.

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**Who acts:** Nor, Proserpina · **What happens:** avail, have, be, begin, cry out, leap · **To what, where:** Nor, stranger, ground, child, arms, chariot

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nor, Proserpina), 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:pg976:20:65
# text = Nor could it have availed her poor daughter, even had she been within hearing; for no sooner did Proserpina begin to cry out, than the stranger leaped to the ground, caught the child in his arms, and again mounted the chariot, shook the reins, and shouted to the four black horses to set off.
1	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	availed	avail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
17	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	22	advmod	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	out	out	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	than	than	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
30	leaped	leap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	again	again	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	mounted	mount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
57	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	advcl	_	_
61	off	off	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avail** | could · perfect · passive |  | Nor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | participle | Nor |  |  |  |  | within hearing | tree rules |
| 4 | **begin** | past · do-support | Proserpina |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Proserpina *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **leap** | participle |  | the stranger *not said here* |  | the ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ground=Destination |
| 7 | **catch** | past |  | the child |  | stranger's arms |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 8 | **mount** | past |  | the chariot |  |  | again |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Patient |
| 9 | **shake** | past |  | the reins |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rein=Patient |
| 10 | **shout** *speech: express* | past |  |  | the four black horses |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to horse=Recipient |
| 11 | **set off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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