--- title: When Jason saw the malice and wickedness which King Pelias could not… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Jason saw the malice and wickedness which King Pelias could not prevent from gleaming out of his eyes, he probably guessed that the king had discovered what he came for, and that he intended to turn his own words against himself. Who acts: 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 (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:pg976:26:43 # text = When Jason saw the malice and wickedness which King Pelias could not prevent from gleaming out of his eyes, he probably guessed that the king had discovered what he came for, and that he intended to turn his own words against himself. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 malice malice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 Pelias Pelias PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 14 from from SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 gleaming gleam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 probably probably ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Jason | the malice and wickedness | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer malice=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **prevent** | could | King | the malice and wickedness | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer which=Theme | | 3 | **gleam** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | Jason's eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out eye=Location | | 4 | **guess** | past | Jason | | | | | probably *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **discover** | past · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | Jason | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **intend** | past | Jason | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **turn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | Jason's own words | | | | against Jason | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | Jason | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)