--- title: Saying these words, she kissed the little Prince Demophoon, and sigh… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Saying these words, she kissed the little Prince Demophoon, and sighed to think what he had lost, and took her departure without heeding Queen Metanira, who entreated her to remain, and cover up the child among the hot embers as often as she pleased. Who acts: child, Demophoon, Queen. 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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 (child, Demophoon, Queen), 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:pg976:23:30 # text = Saying these words, she kissed the little Prince Demophoon, and sighed to think what he had lost, and took her departure without heeding Queen Metanira, who entreated her to remain, and cover up the child among the hot embers as often as she pleased. 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Demophoon Demophoon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 without without SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 heeding heed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 Metanira Metanira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 embers ember NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 often often ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | child *not said here* | this words | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **kiss** | past | child | the little Demophoon Prince | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demophoon=Co-Agent | | 3 | **sigh** | past | child *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | child *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | past · perfect | Demophoon | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | past | child *not said here* | child's departure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | | 7 | **heed** | gerund | child *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 8 | **entreat** | past | Queen | queen | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **remain** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **cover up** | infinitive | child *not said here* | | the child | | | among the hot embers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme child=Destination | | 11 | **depart** | | child | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/31/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/)