--- title: While the man spoke he eyed Jason with great curiosity; for his garb… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While the man spoke he eyed Jason with great curiosity; for his garb was quite unlike that of the Iolchians, and it looked very odd to see a youth with a leopard's skin over his shoulders, and each hand grasping a spear. Who acts: man, garb, it, hand. 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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 (man, garb, it, hand), 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:pg976:25:99 # text = While the man spoke he eyed Jason with great curiosity; for his garb was quite unlike that of the Iolchians, and it looked very odd to see a youth with a leopard's skin over his shoulders, and each hand grasping a spear. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 eyed eye VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 garb garb NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 unlike unlike ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Iolchians Iolchian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 grasping grasp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eye** | past | man | Jason | | | | with great curiosity | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jason=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | man's garb | | | | | for that; of the Iolchians | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | past | it | the Iolchians *not said here* | | | | odd *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme iolchian=Attribute | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | | a youth | | man's shoulders | | with a leopard's skin | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 6 | **grasp** | gerund | each hand | a spear | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Stimulus | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/100/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/)