--- title: "Seat yourselves," answered the image (for it had known what had oug… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Seat yourselves," answered the image (for it had known what had ought to be done from the very first, and was only waiting for the question to be put),--"seat yourselves, and handle your oars, and let Orpheus play upon his harp." Who acts: image, Orpheus. 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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 (image, Orpheus), 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:pg976:27:22 # text = "Seat yourselves," answered the image (for it had known what had ought to be done from the very first, and was only waiting for the question to be put),--"seat yourselves, and handle your oars, and let Orpheus play upon his harp." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Seat seat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 3 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 16 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 40 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 handle handle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 appos _ _ 49 Orpheus Orpheus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yourselves | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourselves=Value | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the image | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | image | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | ought · past · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality | | 5 | **wait** | past · progressive | | | | | | for the question and seat yourselves | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | | 7 | **handle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your oars | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Orpheus | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | Orpheus *not said here* | | | | | upon Orpheus's harp | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/23/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)