--- title: Recovering a little from his surprise, Jason bethought himself that… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Recovering a little from his surprise, Jason bethought himself that the image had been carved out of the wood of the Talking Oak, and that, therefore, it was really no great wonder, but on the contrary, the most natural thing in the world, that it should possess the faculty of speech. 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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, image, natural thing), 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:pg976:26:98 # text = Recovering a little from his surprise, Jason bethought himself that the image had been carved out of the wood of the Talking Oak, and that, therefore, it was really no great wonder, but on the contrary, the most natural thing in the world, that it should possess the faculty of speech. 1 Recovering recover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Talking Talking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Oak Oak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:outer _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | gerund | Jason *not said here* | a little | | Jason's surprise | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent little=Theme from surprise=Source | | 2 | **bethink** | past | Jason | Jason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **carve out** | past · perfect · passive | | the image | | the wood of the Talking Oak | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary wood=Product | | 4 | **is a** | past | image | no great wonder | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **possess** | should | the natural thing in the world | the faculty of speech | | the contrary | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot faculty=Theme | | 6 | **surprise** | | Jason | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/99/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/26/)