--- title: "Great sir," replied Jason, with an obeisance--for Chiron had taught… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Great sir," replied Jason, with an obeisance--for Chiron had taught him how to behave with propriety, whether to kings or beggars--"I have come hither with a purpose which I now beg your majesty's permission to execute. Who acts: Jason, I, majesty. 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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, majesty), 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:pg976:28:9 # text = "Great sir," replied Jason, with an obeisance--for Chiron had taught him how to behave with propriety, whether to kings or beggars--"I have come hither with a purpose which I now beg your majesty's permission to execute. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 obeisance obeisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 Chiron Chiron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 behave behave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 propriety propriety NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 beggars beggar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 34 hither hither ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 execute execute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Jason | | | | | with a obeisance | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with obeisance=Eventuality | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | Chiron | Jason | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 3 | **behave** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with propriety | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | | | to kings or beggars; with a purpose; hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | I | a purpose | | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **execute** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **permit** *in a quote* | | your majesty | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/10/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)