--- title: Instead of being exhausted, he gathered strength as he went on; and,… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Instead of being exhausted, he gathered strength as he went on; and, struggling up against the torrent, he at last gained the opposite shore, clambered up the bank, and set down the old dame and her peacock safely on the grass. Who acts: Oak, opposite shore. 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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 (Oak, opposite shore), 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:pg976:25:81 # text = Instead of being exhausted, he gathered strength as he went on; and, struggling up against the torrent, he at last gained the opposite shore, clambered up the bank, and set down the old dame and her peacock safely on the grass. 1 Instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 struggling struggle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 torrent torrent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nmod _ _ 25 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 clambered clamber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 safely safely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhaust** | gerund · passive | Oak *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 2 | **gather** | past | Oak | strength | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 3 | **go on** | past | Oak | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **struggle up** | gerund | Oak *not said here* | | | | | against the torrent | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gain** | past | Oak | the opposite shore | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme | | 6 | **clamber up** | participle | the opposite shore *not said here* | the bank | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location bank=Theme | | 7 | **set down** | infinitive | Oak *not said here* | the old dame and briskness's peacock | | the grass | | safely *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dame=Theme on grass=Destination | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/82/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)