--- title: Now, it happened, curiously enough, that, just as the servant was br… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, it happened, curiously enough, that, just as the servant was bringing the pomegranate into the back door of the palace, our friend Quicksilver had gone up the front steps, on his errand to get Proserpina away from King Pluto. Who acts: it, that, friend Quicksilver. 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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 (it, that, friend Quicksilver), 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:pg976:23:98 # text = Now, it happened, curiously enough, that, just as the servant was bringing the pomegranate into the back door of the palace, our friend Quicksilver had gone up the front steps, on his errand to get Proserpina away from King Pluto. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 curiously curiously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pomegranate pomegranate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 back back ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:desc _ _ 46 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | curiously *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past · progressive | that | the pomegranate | | the back door of the palace | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme into door=Destination | | 3 | **go up** | past · perfect | our friend Quicksilver | the front steps | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient step=Extent | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | our friend Quicksilver *not said here* | Proserpina | | | | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proserpina=Stimulus | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/99/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/23/)