--- title: Lynceus, on account of his sharp sight, was stationed as a look-out… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Lynceus, on account of his sharp sight, was stationed as a look-out in the prow, where he saw a whole day's sail ahead, but was rather apt to overlook things that lay directly under his nose. Who acts: look out, Jason, things. 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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 (look out, Jason, things), 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:pg976:27:11 # text = Lynceus, on account of his sharp sight, was stationed as a look-out in the prow, where he saw a whole day's sail ahead, but was rather apt to overlook things that lay directly under his nose. 1 Lynceus Lynceus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 stationed station VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:agent _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 prow prow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 29 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 rather rather ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 apt apt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 overlook overlook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 csubj _ _ 37 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 directly directly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **station** | past · passive | a look out in the prow | Lynceus | | | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | Jason | a whole day's sail | | | | ahead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sail=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | a look out in the prow *not said here* | | | | | apt *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **overlook** | to-infinitive | | things | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | present | things | | | Jason's nose | | directly *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under nose=Destination | | 6 | **account** | | | Jason's sharp sight | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **sight** | | Jason | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/12/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)