--- title: A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sa… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/64/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/) / 64 # Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2, sentence 64 A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old woman, while plucking vervain and catnip, had heard a scream, but supposed it to be some childish nonsense, and therefore did not take the trouble to look up. **Who acts:** fisherman, Proserpina, several persons, chariot wheels, distant thunder · **What happens:** be, notice, go, see, stoop, gather · **To what, where:** fisherman, sand, beach, rustic, flowers, rattling This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fisherman, Proserpina, several persons, chariot wheels), 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:pg976:21:64 # text = A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old woman, while plucking vervain and catnip, had heard a scream, but supposed it to be some childish nonsense, and therefore did not take the trouble to look up. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 homeward homeward ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 along along ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 rustic rustic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 45 either either CCONJ CC _ 47 cc:preconj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 rattling rattling NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 60 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 61 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 while while SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 65 plucking pluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 conj _ _ 66 vervain vervain NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 catnip catnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 70 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 75 but but CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 obj _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 82 mark _ _ 79 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 82 cop _ _ 80 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 82 det _ _ 81 childish childish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 85 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 86 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 87 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 88 advmod _ _ 88 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 76 parataxis _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ _ 91 to to PART TO _ 92 mark _ _ 92 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 88 advcl _ _ 93 up up ADP RP _ 92 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | fisherman | a fisherman *not said here* | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **notice** | past · perfect · passive | | a fisherman | | the sand | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | Proserpina | | | the beach with a basket of fish | | homeward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along beach=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | rustic | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stoop** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gather** | to-infinitive | | flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 7 | **hear** | past · perfect | several persons | the rattling of chariot wheels or the rumbling of distant thunder | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rattling=Stimulus | | 8 | **pluck** | gerund | | vervain and catnip | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vervain=Patient | | 9 | **hear** | past · perfect | | a scream | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scream=Stimulus | | 10 | **suppose** | past | | scream | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 11 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | some childish nonsense | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | | the trouble | | | | therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 13 | **look up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 14 | **rattle** | | chariot wheels | | | | | | nom rattling «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 15 | **rumble** | | distant thunder | | | | | | nom rumbling «event intransitive»: of=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/65/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/21/)