--- title: Most distinctly of all he saw the two horrible creatures galloping r… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Most distinctly of all he saw the two horrible creatures galloping right down upon him, their brazen hoofs rattling and ringing over the ground, and their tails sticking up stiffly into the air, as has always been the fashion with angry bulls. 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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, two horrible creatures, brazen hoofs, tails), 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:pg976:28:79 # text = Most distinctly of all he saw the two horrible creatures galloping right down upon him, their brazen hoofs rattling and ringing over the ground, and their tails sticking up stiffly into the air, as has always been the fashion with angry bulls. 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nsubj _ _ 2 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 11 galloping gallop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 right right ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 parataxis _ _ 20 rattling rattle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 conj _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sticking stick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 stiffly stiffly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Jason | the two horrible creatures | | | | distinctly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | | 2 | **gallop** | gerund | the two horrible creatures *not said here* | | | | | upon Jason; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory | | 3 | **rattle** | gerund | creatures's brazen hoofs *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ring** | gerund | creatures's brazen hoofs *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over ground=Location | | 5 | **stick up** | gerund | creatures's tails | | | the air | | stiffly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into air=Destination | | 6 | **have** | present | Jason *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | participle | | the fashion | | | | with angry bulls; always *property* | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/80/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)