--- title: "My little Proserpina," said the king, sitting down, and affectionat… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "My little Proserpina," said the king, sitting down, and affectionately drawing her between his knees, "here is Quicksilver, who tells me that a great many misfortunes have befallen innocent people on account of my detaining you in my dominions. Who acts: little Proserpina, sitting, 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 (little Proserpina, sitting, 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:pg976:24:15 # text = "My little Proserpina," said the king, sitting down, and affectionately drawing her between his knees, "here is Quicksilver, who tells me that a great many misfortunes have befallen innocent people on account of my detaining you in my dominions. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Proserpina proserpina NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 csubj _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 affectionately affectionately ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 between between ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 Quicksilver quicksilver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 37 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 detaining detain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My little Proserpina | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit down** | gerund | | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | | Proserpina | | here | | between King's knees; affectionately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | sitting | Quicksilver | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Quicksilver | | My little Proserpina *= proserpina* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **befall** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a great many misfortunes | | account | | | tree rules | | 7 | **detain** *in a quote* | gerund | My little Proserpina *= proserpina* | you | | my dominions | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/24/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/24/16/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/24/)