--- title: In asking this question, the king of the mines had a very cunning pu… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In asking this question, the king of the mines had a very cunning purpose; for, you will recollect, if Proserpina tasted a morsel of food in his dominions, she would never afterwards be at liberty to quit them. Who acts: king, you, Proserpina. 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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 (king, you, Proserpina), 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:pg976:23:88 # text = In asking this question, the king of the mines had a very cunning purpose; for, you will recollect, if Proserpina tasted a morsel of food in his dominions, she would never afterwards be at liberty to quit them. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mines mine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 cunning cunning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 recollect recollect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the king of the mines *not said here* | this question | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | the king of the mines | a cunning purpose | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Patient | | 3 | **recollect** | future | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **taste** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Proserpina | a morsel of food | | King's dominions | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent morsel=Theme in dominion=Location | | 5 | **is** | would | Proserpina | | | liberty | | afterwards *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **quit** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | dominions *= dominion* | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/89/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/)