--- title: Phoebus (for this was the very person whom they were seeking) had a… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Phoebus (for this was the very person whom they were seeking) had a lyre in his hands, and was making its chords tremble with sweet music; at the same time singing a most exquisite song, which he had recently composed. Who acts: this, eyes, Phoebus, chords. 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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 (this, eyes, Phoebus, chords), 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:pg976:22:44 # text = Phoebus (for this was the very person whom they were seeking) had a lyre in his hands, and was making its chords tremble with sweet music; at the same time singing a most exquisite song, which he had recently composed. 1 Phoebus phoebus NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 2 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lyre lyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 chords chord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 tremble tremble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 35 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 exquisite exquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 recently recently ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | | | for the person | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | past · progressive | eyes *= eye* | the person | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Phoebus | a lyre | | Phoebus's hands | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lyre=Patient | | 4 | **make** | past · progressive | Phoebus *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **tremble** | present | hand's chords | | | | | with sweet music | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the same time *not said here* | a exquisite song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 7 | **compose** | past · perfect · passive | | a exquisite song | | | | recently *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/45/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/)