--- title: The two winged youths blustered terribly at the Harpies (for they ha… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The two winged youths blustered terribly at the Harpies (for they had the rough temper of their father), and so frightened them with their drawn swords, that they solemnly promised never to trouble King Phineus again. Who acts: two, youths. 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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 (two, youths), 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:pg976:27:58 # text = The two winged youths blustered terribly at the Harpies (for they had the rough temper of their father), and so frightened them with their drawn swords, that they solemnly promised never to trouble King Phineus again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ 3 winged wing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 blustered bluster VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Harpies harpy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 39 Phineus Phineus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wing** | past | the two | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bluster** *speech: other* | past | youths | | | the Harpies | | terribly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | past | youths *= youth* | the rough temper of Harpies's father | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Patient | | 4 | **frighten** | past | | youths *= youth* | | | | with Harpies's drawn swords | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 5 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | youths *= youth* | trouble | | | again | solemnly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 7 | **temper** | | | Harpies's father | | | | | nom temper «feeling 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/59/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)