--- title: He was a tolerably good workman, and had already carved several figu… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was a tolerably good workman, and had already carved several figure-heads, in what he intended for feminine shapes, and looking pretty much like those which we see nowadays stuck up under a vessel's bowsprit, with great staring eyes, that never wink at the dash of the spray. Who acts: carver. 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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 (carver), 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:pg976:26:85 # text = He was a tolerably good workman, and had already carved several figure-heads, in what he intended for feminine shapes, and looking pretty much like those which we see nowadays stuck up under a vessel's bowsprit, with great staring eyes, that never wink at the dash of the spray. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 tolerably tolerably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 already already ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 12 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 27 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 much much ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 nowadays nowadays ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 bowsprit bowsprit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 amod _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 wink wink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 dash dash NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 spray spray NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | carver | a good workman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carve** | past · perfect | | several figure heads | | a good workman | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in what=Destination | | 3 | **intend** | past | carver | | | | | for feminine shapes | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | like those | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **stick up** | present · passive | | | | a vessel's bowsprit | | with great staring eyes; nowadays *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under bowsprit=Destination | | 6 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **wink** | present | | that | | the dash of the spray | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/86/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)