--- title: At the first two or three steps which Jason made, the four fiery str… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the first two or three steps which Jason made, the four fiery streams appeared to gush out somewhat more plentifully; for the two brazen bulls had heard his foot tramp, and were lifting up their hot noses to snuff the air. Who acts: first two steps, four fiery streams. 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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 (first two steps, four fiery streams), 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:pg976:28:74 # text = At the first two or three steps which Jason made, the four fiery streams appeared to gush out somewhat more plentifully; for the two brazen bulls had heard his foot tramp, and were lifting up their hot noses to snuff the air. 1 At at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 gush gush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 obj _ _ 22 plentifully plentifully ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 tramp tramp NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 snuff snuff VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the first two steps | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **appear** | past | the four fiery streams | | | | | at the first two steps | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **gush out** | to-infinitive | the four fiery streams *not said here* | more | | | | plentifully *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | the four fiery streams *not said here* | Jason's foot tramp | | | | for the two brazen bulls | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tramp=Stimulus | | 5 | **lift up** | past · progressive | the four fiery streams *not said here* | streams's hot noses | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 6 | **snuff** | to-infinitive | the four fiery streams *not said here* | the air | | | | | tree rules | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/75/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)