--- title: And, being come to the strength of a man, Jason determined to set al… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And, being come to the strength of a man, Jason determined to set all this business to rights, and to punish the wicked Pelias for wronging his dear father, and to cast him down from the throne, and seat himself there instead. Who acts: Jason. 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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 (Jason), 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:pg976:25:18 # text = And, being come to the strength of a man, Jason determined to set all this business to rights, and to punish the wicked Pelias for wronging his dear father, and to cast him down from the throne, and seat himself there instead. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 punish punish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Pelias Pelias PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 wronging wrong VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 cast cast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 44 nmod:unmarked _ _ 46 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advcl _ _ 47 instead instead ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund · passive | | | | the strength of a man | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: to strength=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **determine** | past | Jason | the strength of a man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | all business | | | | to rights | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient business=Result | | 4 | **punish** | to-infinitive | | the wicked Pelias | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pelias=Patient | | 5 | **wrong** | gerund | | Jason's dear father | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cast down** | to-infinitive | | Jason | | the throne | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent he=Product from throne=Material | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/19/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)