--- title: Meanwhile, whether it were that they hustled him forward, or that Ja… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile, whether it were that they hustled him forward, or that Jason, of his own accord, thrust a passage through the crowd, it so happened that he soon found himself close to the smoking altar, where King Pelias was sacrificing the black bull. Who acts: notice, own accord, Jason, King. 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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 (notice, own accord, Jason, King), 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:pg976:26:11 # text = Meanwhile, whether it were that they hustled him forward, or that Jason, of his own accord, thrust a passage through the crowd, it so happened that he soon found himself close to the smoking altar, where King Pelias was sacrificing the black bull. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hustled hustle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 forward forward ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 smoking smoking NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 Pelias Pelias PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 sacrificing sacrifice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | notice | | | | | Jason *obl*; forward, hustle, meanwhile *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | past | Jason's own accord and thrust | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | Jason | Jason | | | | close, soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 4 | **sacrifice** | past · progressive | King | the black bull | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent bull=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/12/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)