--- title: Each of the three who had been struck by the stone took it for grant… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Each of the three who had been struck by the stone took it for granted that his next neighbor had given him a blow; and instead of running any farther towards Jason, they began to fight among themselves. Who acts: men. 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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 (men), 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:pg976:29:17 # text = Each of the three who had been struck by the stone took it for granted that his next neighbor had given him a blow; and instead of running any farther towards Jason, they began to fight among themselves. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 30 any any ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 32 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive | | each three | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | | stone | | | | by the stone | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **grant** | participle | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | Jason's next neighbor | Jason | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | towards Jason; far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards jason=Destination | | 6 | **begin** | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **fight** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | among men *= man* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/18/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)