--- title: Jason knew that it would be impossible to withstand this blood-thirs… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jason knew that it would be impossible to withstand this blood-thirsty battalion with his single arm, but determined, since there was nothing better to be done, to die as valiantly as if he himself had sprung from a dragon's tooth. Who acts: Jason, nothing. 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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, nothing), 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:pg976:29:11 # text = Jason knew that it would be impossible to withstand this blood-thirsty battalion with his single arm, but determined, since there was nothing better to be done, to die as valiantly as if he himself had sprung from a dragon's tooth. 1 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 expl _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 withstand withstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 csubj _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 11 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 battalion battalion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 since since SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 25 nsubj _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 valiantly valiantly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 38 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Jason | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | would | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **withstand** | to-infinitive | | this thirsty battalion | | | | with Jason's single arm | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **die** | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | | | | | valiantly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **spring** | past · perfect · passive | | Jason | | a dragon's tooth | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/12/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)