--- title: Orpheus celebrated this victory by playing a triumphant anthem on hi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Orpheus celebrated this victory by playing a triumphant anthem on his harp, and sang so melodiously that Jason begged him to desist, lest, as the steel-feathered birds had been driven away by an ugly sound, they might be enticed back again by a sweet one. 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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 (Orpheus, Jason, ugly sound, sweet one), 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:pg976:27:73 # text = Orpheus celebrated this victory by playing a triumphant anthem on his harp, and sang so melodiously that Jason begged him to desist, lest, as the steel-feathered birds had been driven away by an ugly sound, they might be enticed back again by a sweet one. 1 Orpheus Orpheus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 celebrated celebrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 triumphant triumphant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 anthem anthem NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 melodiously melodiously ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 desist desist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 enticed entice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **celebrate** | past | Orpheus | this victory | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 2 | **play** | gerund | Orpheus *not said here* | a triumphant anthem | | Orpheus's harp | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anthem=Theme | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Orpheus *not said here* | | | | | melodiously *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Jason | | Orpheus | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **desist** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drive away** | past · perfect · passive | a ugly sound | the steel feathered birds | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **entice** | might · passive | a sweet one | birds *= bird* | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/74/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)