--- title: "What would you do, brave Jason," asked he, "if there were a man in… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "What would you do, brave Jason," asked he, "if there were a man in the world, by whom, as you had reason to believe, you were doomed to be ruined and slain--what would you do, I say, if that man stood before you, and in your power?" Who acts: you, Jason, I, man. 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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, I, man), 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:pg976:26:42 # text = "What would you do, brave Jason," asked he, "if there were a man in the world, by whom, as you had reason to believe, you were doomed to be ruined and slain--what would you do, I say, if that man stood before you, and in your power?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 obj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 55 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ? ? PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | would | you | brave Jason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | Jason | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Jason | reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | reason *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **doom** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Jason | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ruin** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | would | Jason | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | that man | | | your power | before Jason | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before you=Location | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/43/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)