--- title: But after a while, Jason observed that the foliage of a great branch… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But after a while, Jason observed that the foliage of a great branch which stretched above his head had begun to rustle, as if the wind were stirring that one bough, while all the other boughs of the oak were at rest. Who acts: Jason, foliage, wind, other boughs. 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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, foliage, wind, other boughs), 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:pg976:26:81 # text = But after a while, Jason observed that the foliage of a great branch which stretched above his head had begun to rustle, as if the wind were stirring that one bough, while all the other boughs of the oak were at rest. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 above above 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 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 rustle rustle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 stirring stir VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past | Jason | | | | while | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stretch** | past | the foliage of a great branch | | | Jason's head | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **begin** | past · perfect | the foliage of a great branch | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **rustle** | to-infinitive | the foliage of a great branch *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stir** | past · progressive | the wind | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | all other boughs of the oak | | | rest | | | tree rules | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/82/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)