--- title: "I have heard," rejoined the youth, "that a dragon lies beneath the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I have heard," rejoined the youth, "that a dragon lies beneath the tree on which the prize hangs, and that whoever approaches him runs the risk of being devoured at a mouthful." Who acts: Jason, I, dragon, prize. 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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 (Jason, I, dragon, prize), 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:pg976:28:15 # text = "I have heard," rejoined the youth, "that a dragon lies beneath the tree on which the prize hangs, and that whoever approaches him runs the risk of being devoured at a mouthful." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rejoined rejoin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 mouthful mouthful NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Jason | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **rejoin** | past | I *not said here* | the youth | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Patient | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | a dragon | that | | | | beneath the tree | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme | | 4 | **hang** *in a quote* | present | the prize | | | the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 5 | **approach** *in a quote* | present | whoever | prize | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **run** *in a quote* | present | Jason *not said here* | the risk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 7 | **devour** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | | the risk *not said here* | | a mouthful | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP» | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/16/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)