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description: I have sometimes suspected that Master Chiron was not really very different from other people, but that, being a kind-hearted and merry old fellow, he was in the habit of making believe that he was a horse, and scrambling about the schoolroom on all fours, and letting the little boys ride upon his b
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 1, sentence 7

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I have sometimes suspected that Master Chiron was not really very different from other people, but that, being a kind-hearted and merry old fellow, he was in the habit of making believe that he was a horse, and scrambling about the schoolroom on all fours, and letting the little boys ride upon his back.

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**Who acts:** Master, habit, that, little boys · **What happens:** suspect, not be, be, make, believe, scramble · **To what, where:** I, hearted merry old fellow, habit, horse, fours · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Master, habit, that, little boys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:25:7
# text = I have sometimes suspected that Master Chiron was not really very different from other people, but that, being a kind-hearted and merry old fellow, he was in the habit of making believe that he was a horse, and scrambling about the schoolroom on all fours, and letting the little boys ride upon his back.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
20	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
22	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	hearted	hearted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
35	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	34	acl	_	_
37	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	scrambling	scramble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
46	about	about	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	schoolroom	schoolroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	51	det	_	_
51	fours	four	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	45	conj	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	nsubj	_	_
58	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	xcomp	_	_
59	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspect** | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | Master |  |  |  |  | from other people; different *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | gerund |  | a hearted merry old fellow and the habit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | Master |  |  | the habit |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make** | gerund | the habit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 6 | **believe** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is a** | past | Master | a horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **scramble** | gerund |  |  |  | all fours |  | about the schoolroom | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about schoolroom=Trajectory |
| 9 | **let** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **ride** | present | the little boys |  |  |  |  | upon boy's back | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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