--- title: Wondering that he had never thought of it before, the king now sent… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Wondering that he had never thought of it before, the king now sent one of his trusty attendants with a large basket, to get some of the finest and juiciest pears, peaches, and plums which could anywhere be found in the upper world. Who acts: cook, king. 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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 (cook, king), 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:pg976:23:95 # text = Wondering that he had never thought of it before, the king now sent one of his trusty attendants with a large basket, to get some of the finest and juiciest pears, peaches, and plums which could anywhere be found in the upper world. 1 Wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 before before ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 juiciest juicy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 conj _ _ 33 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 peaches peach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 plums plum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | cook | | | | | of fare; before *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | the king | one of cook's trusty attendants with a large basket | | | now | plums *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | some | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** | could · passive | | plums | | the upper world | | anywhere *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/96/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/)