--- title: The armed men were now so nigh that Jason could discern the fire fla… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The armed men were now so nigh that Jason could discern the fire flashing out of their enraged eyes, when he let fly the stone, and saw it strike the helmet of a tall warrior, who was rushing upon him with his blade aloft. Who acts: armed men, fire, Jason, stone. 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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 (armed men, fire, Jason, stone), 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:pg976:29:15 # text = The armed men were now so nigh that Jason could discern the fire flashing out of their enraged eyes, when he let fly the stone, and saw it strike the helmet of a tall warrior, who was rushing upon him with his blade aloft. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 flashing flash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 enraged enrage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 24 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 acl _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | could · past | the armed men | | | | | discern, nigh *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **flash** | gerund | the fire *not said here* | | | men's enraged eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out eye=Location | | 3 | **enrage** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **let** | past | Jason | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fly** | infinitive | Jason *not said here* | the stone | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stone=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | Jason *not said here* | stone | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **strike** | infinitive | stone *not said here* | the helmet of a tall warrior | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient | | 8 | **rush** | past · progressive | a tall warrior | | | | | upon Jason; with Jason's blade | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/16/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)