--- title: Upon this, first one person, and then another, began to stare at Jas… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Upon this, first one person, and then another, began to stare at Jason, and everybody seemed to be greatly struck with something in his aspect; though they turned their eyes much oftener towards his feet than to any other part of his figure. Who acts: one person, everybody, they, person. 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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 (one person, everybody, they, person), 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:pg976:26:1 # text = Upon this, first one person, and then another, began to stare at Jason, and everybody seemed to be greatly struck with something in his aspect; though they turned their eyes much oftener towards his feet than to any other part of his figure. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 oftener often ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 xcomp _ _ 38 towards towards ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | one person | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stare** | to-infinitive | one person *not said here* | | | | | at Jason | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at jason=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | everybody | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **strike** | to-infinitive · passive | everybody *not said here* | | | | | with something; greatly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with something=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past | they | | | | | often *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **figure** | | person | | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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: [The Golden Fleece., part 1, 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/25/103/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/2/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)