--- title: In a moment all the sons of the dragon's teeth appeared to take Jaso… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment all the sons of the dragon's teeth appeared to take Jason for an enemy; and crying with one voice, "Guard the Golden Fleece!" they ran at him with uplifted swords and protruded spears. Who acts: sons, Guard. 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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 (sons, Guard), 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:pg976:29:10 # text = In a moment all the sons of the dragon's teeth appeared to take Jason for an enemy; and crying with one voice, "Guard the Golden Fleece!" they ran at him with uplifted swords and protruded spears. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Fleece Fleece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 uplifted uplift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 protruded protrude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 42 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | all sons of the dragon's teeth | | | | moment | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | all sons of the dragon's teeth *not said here* | Jason | | | | for a enemy | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent jason=Theme for enemy=Beneficiary | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | all sons of the dragon's teeth *not said here* | | | | | with one voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | Guard and the Golden Fleece | | | | | at Jason; with uplifted swords | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory | | 5 | **uplift** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **protrude** | past | all sons of the dragon's teeth *not said here* | spears | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spear=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/11/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)