--- title: But his whole attire was such as people did not very often see; and… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But his whole attire was such as people did not very often see; and as he passed along, the women and children ran to the doors and windows, wondering whither this beautiful youth was journeying, with his leopard's skin and his golden-tied sandals, and what heroic deeds he meant to perform, with a s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/) / 22 # Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 1, sentence 22 But his whole attire was such as people did not very often see; and as he passed along, the women and children ran to the doors and windows, wondering whither this beautiful youth was journeying, with his leopard's skin and his golden-tied sandals, and what heroic deeds he meant to perform, with a spear in his right hand and another in his left. **Who acts:** whole attire, people, Jason, women, beautiful youth, heroic · **What happens:** be, do, not see, pass along, run, wonder · **To what, where:** spear, right hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole attire, people, Jason, women), 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:pg976:25:22 # text = But his whole attire was such as people did not very often see; and as he passed along, the women and children ran to the doors and windows, wondering whither this beautiful youth was journeying, with his leopard's skin and his golden-tied sandals, and what heroic deeds he meant to perform, with a spear in his right hand and another in his left. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 18 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 often often ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 along along ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 advcl _ _ 33 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 journeying journey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 47 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 sandals sandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 obj _ _ 54 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nsubj _ _ 55 deeds deed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 66 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 67 conj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Jason's whole attire | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | people | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | present | people *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **pass along** | past | Jason | | | | | along *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run** | past | the women and children | | | | | to the doors and windows *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | the women and children *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **journey** | past · progressive | this beautiful youth | | | | | whither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tie** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **deed** | present | heroic | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **mean** | past | Jason | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **perform** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | a spear | | Jason's right hand | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/23/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)