--- title: Upon hearing this, the Argonauts spread a plentiful feast on the sea… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Upon hearing this, the Argonauts spread a plentiful feast on the sea-shore, well knowing, from what the blind king said of their greediness, that the Harpies would snuff up the scent of the victuals, and quickly come to steal them away. Who acts: Argonauts, blind king, Harpies. 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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 (Argonauts, blind king, Harpies), 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:pg976:27:55 # text = Upon hearing this, the Argonauts spread a plentiful feast on the sea-shore, well knowing, from what the blind king said of their greediness, that the Harpies would snuff up the scent of the victuals, and quickly come to steal them away. 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Argonauts argonaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 plentiful plentiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 well well INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 18 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 greediness greediness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Harpies harpy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 snuff snuff VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 victuals victual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the Argonauts *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **spread** | past | the Argonauts | a plentiful feast | | the sea shore | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent feast=Theme on shore=Destination | | 3 | **know** | gerund | the Argonauts *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the blind king | | | | | of Argonauts's greediness | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **snuff up** | would | the Harpies | the scent of the victuals | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | the Harpies *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **steal away** | to-infinitive | the Harpies *not said here* | Harpies *= harpy* | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 8 | **scent** | | | the victuals | | | | | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/56/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)