--- title: I ought not to forget the prophets and conjurors, of whom there were… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I ought not to forget the prophets and conjurors, of whom there were several in the crew, and who could foretell what would happen to-morrow or the next day, or a hundred years hence, but were generally quite unconscious of what was passing at the moment. Who acts: I, unconscious. 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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 (I, unconscious), 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:pg976:27:9 # text = I ought not to forget the prophets and conjurors, of whom there were several in the crew, and who could foretell what would happen to-morrow or the next day, or a hundred years hence, but were generally quite unconscious of what was passing at the moment. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 conjurors conjuror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 parataxis _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 foretell foretell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 39 hence hence ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 generally generally ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 quite quite ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 unconscious unconscious NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 acl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forget** | ought | I | the prophets and conjurors | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **foretell** | could | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to morrow or the next day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | | unconscious | | | | generally *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | past · progressive | unconscious | | | | moment | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/10/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/27/)