--- title: Shaking hands with Jason, they assured him that they did not care a… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Shaking hands with Jason, they assured him that they did not care a pin for their lives, but would help row the vessel to the remotest edge of the world, and as much farther as he might think it best to go. Who acts: dangers, 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 (dangers, 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:pg976:26:111 # text = Shaking hands with Jason, they assured him that they did not care a pin for their lives, but would help row the vessel to the remotest edge of the world, and as much farther as he might think it best to go. 1 Shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 23 row row VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 remotest remote ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | gerund | dangers *= danger* *not said here* | hands | | | | with Jason | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with jason=Co-Patient | | 2 | **assure** | past | dangers *= danger* | | hand | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | dangers *= danger* | a pin | | | | for dangers's lives | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | would | dangers *= danger* *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **row** | infinitive | dangers *= danger* *not said here* | the vessel | | the remotest edge of the world | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme to edge=Trajectory | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | might | hand | pin | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/110/) - next →: [The Golden Fleece., part 3, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/1/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)