--- title: On Jason's inquiring whether they could do him any service, the king… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On Jason's inquiring whether they could do him any service, the king answered that he was terribly tormented by three great winged creatures, called Harpies, which had the faces of women, and the wings, bodies, and claws of vultures. Who acts: king, adventures, three, creatures. 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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 (king, adventures, three, creatures), 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:pg976:27:53 # text = On Jason's inquiring whether they could do him any service, the king answered that he was terribly tormented by three great winged creatures, called Harpies, which had the faces of women, and the wings, bodies, and claws of vultures. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 inquiring inquire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 tormented torment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 nsubj _ _ 24 winged wing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 Harpies harpy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 vultures vulture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | could | adventures *= adventure* | Jason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the king | the wings and bodies and claws of vultures | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **torment** | past · passive | | king | | | | terribly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **wing** | past | three | creatures | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme creature=Trajectory | | 6 | **call** | participle | creatures *not said here* | Harpies | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | Harpies | the faces of women | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/54/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)