--- title: We had a glimpse of her, as you remember, half hidden among the wavi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We had a glimpse of her, as you remember, half hidden among the waving grain, while the four black steeds were swiftly whirling along the chariot, in which her beloved Proserpina was so unwillingly borne away. Who acts: We, you, four black steeds. 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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 (We, you, four black steeds), 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:pg976:21:43 # text = We had a glimpse of her, as you remember, half hidden among the waving grain, while the four black steeds were swiftly whirling along the chariot, in which her beloved Proserpina was so unwillingly borne away. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 13 advmod _ _ 13 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 22 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 whirling whirl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 27 along along ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 unwillingly unwillingly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | We | a glimpse of mother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Patient | | 2 | **remember** | present | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | participle | | | | the waving grain | | half *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among grain=Location | | 4 | **wave** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **whirl** | past · progressive | the four black steeds | | | the chariot | | swiftly *property* | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along chariot=Destination | | 6 | **bear away** | past · passive | | mother's beloved Proserpina | | | | away, unwillingly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **glimpse** | | | mother | | | | | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/44/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/)