--- title: And when there shall be no more hope of finding her (if that black d… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when there shall be no more hope of finding her (if that black day is ordained to come), then, if you will give me room to fling myself down, either on these withered leaves or on the naked rock, I will show what it is to be miserable. Who acts: you, more hope, I. 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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, more hope, I), 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:pg976:22:25 # text = And when there shall be no more hope of finding her (if that black day is ordained to come), then, if you will give me room to fling myself down, either on these withered leaves or on the naked rock, I will show what it is to be miserable. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 no no ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 ordained ordain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 either either CCONJ CC _ 40 cc:preconj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 iobj _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 nsubj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | more hope | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | gerund | more hope *not said here* | Ceres | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **ordain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | room | this withered leaves or the naked rock | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fling down** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | myself | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 7 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **show** | future | I | | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | | | | | | miserable *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/26/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/)