--- title: If Jason had been capable of fearing anything, he would have been af… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If Jason had been capable of fearing anything, he would have been afraid of making this young princess his enemy; for, beautiful as she now looked, she might, the very next instant, become as terrible as the dragon that kept watch over the Golden Fleece. 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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, woman, next instant, dragon), 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:pg976:28:40 # text = If Jason had been capable of fearing anything, he would have been afraid of making this young princess his enemy; for, beautiful as she now looked, she might, the very next instant, become as terrible as the dragon that kept watch over the Golden Fleece. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 14 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Fleece Fleece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Jason | | | | | capable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | gerund | Jason *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | would · perfect | Jason | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | gerund | Jason *not said here* | this young princess Jason's enemy | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset princess=Product | | 5 | **be** | | Jason *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | woman | | | | now | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **become** | infinitive | the next instant | | | | | terrible *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **keep** | past | the dragon | watch | | the Golden Fleece | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme over fleece=Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/41/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)