--- title: "After taming the fiery bulls," continued King Aetes, who was determ… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "After taming the fiery bulls," continued King Aetes, who was determined to scare Jason if possible, "you must yoke them to a plow, and must plow the sacred earth in the Grove of Mars, and sow some of the same dragon's teeth from which Cadmus raised a crop of armed men. 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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 (King Aetes, you, Cadmus), 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:pg976:28:23 # text = "After taming the fiery bulls," continued King Aetes, who was determined to scare Jason if possible, "you must yoke them to a plow, and must plow the sacred earth in the Grove of Mars, and sow some of the same dragon's teeth from which Cadmus raised a crop of armed men. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 taming tame VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Aetes Aetes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 yoke yoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 plow plow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 plow plow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Grove Grove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 sow sow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 54 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tame** *in a quote* | gerund | | the fiery bulls | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bull=Patient | | 2 | **continue** | past | | King Aetes | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | King Aetes | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **scare** | to-infinitive | King Aetes *not said here* | Jason | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jason=Experiencer | | 5 | **yoke** *in a quote* | must | you | bulls *= bull* | | | | to a plow | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to plow=Co-Patient | | 6 | **plow** *in a quote* | must | you *not said here* | the sacred earth | | the Grove of Mars | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent earth=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sow** *in a quote* | present | | some | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 8 | **raise** *in a quote* | past | Cadmus | a crop of armed men | | the same dragon's teeth | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crop=Theme from which=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/24/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)