--- title: The good Chiron, whether half horse or no, had taught him that the n… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The good Chiron, whether half horse or no, had taught him that the noblest use of his strength was to assist the weak; and also that he must treat every young woman as if she were his sister, and every old one like a mother. Who acts: noblest use, Jason, creature. 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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 (noblest use, Jason, creature), 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:pg976:25:56 # text = The good Chiron, whether half horse or no, had taught him that the noblest use of his strength was to assist the weak; and also that he must treat every young woman as if she were his sister, and every old one like a mother. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Chiron Chiron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 noblest noble ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 of of 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 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 33 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the good Chiron | Jason | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the noblest use of Jason's strength | | | | | assist *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **treat** | must | Jason | | every young woman | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | creature | | | | | as Jason's sister | tree rules | | 5 | **use** | | | Jason's strength | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/57/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)