--- title: But my ears, you must know, are made in such a way, that all cries o… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But my ears, you must know, are made in such a way, that all cries of distress and affright all over the world are pretty sure to find their way to them; and nine days ago, as I sat in my cave, making myself very miserable, I heard the voice of a young girl, shrieking as if in great distress. 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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 (you, cries, I, distress), 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:pg976:22:15 # text = But my ears, you must know, are made in such a way, that all cries of distress and affright all over the world are pretty sure to find their way to them; and nine days ago, as I sat in my cave, making myself very miserable, I heard the voice of a young girl, shrieking as if in great distress. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 affright affright VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 50 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 shrieking shriek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 64 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | must | you | my ears *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | my ears | | such way | | ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **affright** | present | all cries of distress *not said here* | | | the world | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | all cries of distress | | | | | pretty, sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | all cries of distress *not said here* | cries's way | cries *= cry* | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 6 | **sit** | past | I | | | my cave | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location | | 7 | **make** | gerund | I *not said here* | myself | | | | miserable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset myself=Product | | 8 | **hear** | past | I | the voice of a young girl | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 9 | **shriek** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | as great distress | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **cry** | | distress | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/16/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/)