--- title: Still, however, the steel-headed arrows came whizzing among them; an… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Still, however, the steel-headed arrows came whizzing among them; and, at last, happening to look upward, they beheld a large flock of birds, hovering and wheeling aloft, and shooting their feathers down upon the Argonauts. Who acts: headed arrows, heroes. 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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 (headed arrows, heroes), 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:pg976:27:63 # text = Still, however, the steel-headed arrows came whizzing among them; and, at last, happening to look upward, they beheld a large flock of birds, hovering and wheeling aloft, and shooting their feathers down upon the Argonauts. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 whizzing whiz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 23 upward upward ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 hovering hover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 wheeling wheel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 36 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Argonauts argonaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **head** | participle | | | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | the headed arrows | | | | still | however *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **whiz** | gerund | the headed arrows *not said here* | | | | | among heroes *= hero* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Trajectory | | 4 | **happen** | gerund | the headed arrows *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | the headed arrows *not said here* | | | | | upward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **behold** | past | heroes *= hero* | a large flock of birds | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flock=Stimulus | | 7 | **hover** | gerund | heroes *= hero* *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wheel** | gerund | heroes *= hero* *not said here* | | | | | aloft *property* | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **shoot down** | gerund | the headed arrows *not said here* | heroes's feathers | | the Argonauts | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent feather=Theme upon argonaut=Destination | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/64/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)