--- title: "Tell me, wondrous image," exclaimed Jason,--"since you inherit the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Tell me, wondrous image," exclaimed Jason,--"since you inherit the wisdom of the Speaking Oak of Dodona, whose daughter you are,--tell me, where shall I find fifty bold youths, who will take each of them an oar of my galley? Who acts: you, Jason, need, fifty bold youths. 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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 (you, Jason, need, fifty bold youths), 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:pg976:26:101 # text = "Tell me, wondrous image," exclaimed Jason,--"since you inherit the wisdom of the Speaking Oak of Dodona, whose daughter you are,--tell me, where shall I find fifty bold youths, who will take each of them an oar of my galley? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 since since SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 inherit inherit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Speaking Speaking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Oak Oak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Dodona Dodona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 39 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 40 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 galley galley NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | wondrous image | Jason | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Jason | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inherit** *in a quote* | present | you | the wisdom of the Speaking Oak of Dodona | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | need | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | need | fifty bold youths | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Topic | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | future | fifty bold youths | each | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument each=Theme oar=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/102/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)