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title: He lost no time in sending messengers to all the cities, and making… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: He lost no time in sending messengers to all the cities, and making known to the whole people of Greece, that Prince Jason, the son of King Jason, was going in quest of the Fleece of Gold, and that he desired the help of forty-nine of the bravest and strongest young men alive, to row his vessel and 
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 2, sentence 105

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He lost no time in sending messengers to all the cities, and making known to the whole people of Greece, that Prince Jason, the son of King Jason, was going in quest of the Fleece of Gold, and that he desired the help of forty-nine of the bravest and strongest young men alive, to row his vessel and share his dangers.

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**Who acts:** deed, time, Fleece · **What happens:** lose, send, know, go, desire, row · **To what, where:** messengers, cities, Prince Jason, quest, help, vessel

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (deed, time, Fleece), 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:pg976:26:105
# text = He lost no time in sending messengers to all the cities, and making known to the whole people of Greece, that Prince Jason, the son of King Jason, was going in quest of the Fleece of Gold, and that he desired the help of forty-nine of the bravest and strongest young men alive, to row his vessel and share his dangers.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sending	send	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:desc	_	_
31	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	nmod	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
55	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	59	amod	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	55	conj	_	_
58	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
60	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	row	row	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	46	parataxis	_	_
64	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	_
68	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | deed |  |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | gerund | no time *not said here* | messengers |  | all cities |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to city=Destination |
| 3 | **know** | gerund · passive | deed *not said here* | Prince Jason |  |  |  | to the whole people of Greece | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 4 | **go** | past · progressive | deed *not said here* |  |  | quest of the Fleece of Gold |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in quest=Location |
| 5 | **desire** | past | deed | the help of forty nine of the bravest young men |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |
| 6 | **row** | to-infinitive |  | deed's vessel |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme |
| 7 | **share** | infinitive |  | deed's dangers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **quest** |  | the Fleece of Gold |  |  |  |  |  | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: of=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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