--- title: Finally, as there seemed to be no other remedy, our old friend Quick… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Finally, as there seemed to be no other remedy, our old friend Quicksilver was sent post-haste to King Pluto, in hopes that he might be persuaded to undo the mischief he had done, and to set everything right again, by giving up Proserpina. Who acts: other remedy, Pluto. 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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 (other remedy, Pluto), 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:pg976:23:47 # text = Finally, as there seemed to be no other remedy, our old friend Quicksilver was sent post-haste to King Pluto, in hopes that he might be persuaded to undo the mischief he had done, and to set everything right again, by giving up Proserpina. 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 remedy remedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 post-haste post-haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 undo undo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 41 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obj _ _ 42 right right ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | | | | there | | finally *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no other remedy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past · passive | no other remedy *not said here* | our old friend Quicksilver | Pluto King | hopes | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination post-haste=Theme | | 4 | **persuade** | might · passive | | Pluto | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **undo** | to-infinitive | Pluto *not said here* | the mischief | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Patient | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | Pluto | the mischief *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Eventuality | | 7 | **set** | to-infinitive | Pluto *not said here* | everything | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient everything=Result | | 8 | **give up** | gerund | Pluto *not said here* | | Proserpina | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proserpina=Source | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/48/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/)