--- title: The confusion spread through the host, so that it seemed scarcely a… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The confusion spread through the host, so that it seemed scarcely a moment before they were all hacking, hewing, and stabbing at one another, lopping off arms, heads, and legs and doing such memorable deeds that Jason was filled with immense admiration; although, at the same time, he could not help --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/) / 18 # Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 5, sentence 18 The confusion spread through the host, so that it seemed scarcely a moment before they were all hacking, hewing, and stabbing at one another, lopping off arms, heads, and legs and doing such memorable deeds that Jason was filled with immense admiration; although, at the same time, he could not help laughing to behold these mighty men punishing each other for an offense which he himself had committed. **Who acts:** confusion, it, men, legs, Jason, mighty men · **What happens:** spread, seem, hack, hew, stab, lop off · **To what, where:** host, arms, such memorable deeds, Jason, mighty men, each This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (confusion, it, men, legs), 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:pg976:29:18 # text = The confusion spread through the host, so that it seemed scarcely a moment before they were all hacking, hewing, and stabbing at one another, lopping off arms, heads, and legs and doing such memorable deeds that Jason was filled with immense admiration; although, at the same time, he could not help laughing to behold these mighty men punishing each other for an offense which he himself had committed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 hacking hack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 hewing hew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 stabbing stab VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 parataxis _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obl _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 lopping lop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 30 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 39 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 memorable memorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 50 although although SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 61 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 xcomp _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 66 det _ _ 65 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 67 punishing punish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 66 acl _ _ 68 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 67 obj _ _ 69 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 fixed _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 offense offense NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 75 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 74 nmod:unmarked _ _ 76 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | the confusion | | | the host | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through host=Location | | 2 | **seem** | past | it | | | | moment | scarcely *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hack** | past · progressive | men *= man* | | | | | all *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **hew** | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **stab** | gerund | | | | | | at one | vn poke-19-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at one=Theme | | 6 | **lop off** | gerund | | arms and heads | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 7 | **do** | gerund | legs | such memorable deeds | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 8 | **fill** | past · passive | | Jason | | | | with immense admiration | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with admiration=Instrument | | 9 | **not** **help** | could | Jason | | | | time | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **laugh** *not said to happen* | gerund | Jason *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **behold** | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | this mighty men | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 12 | **punish** | gerund | this mighty men *not said here* | each | | | | for a offense | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent each=Patient for offense=Theme | | 13 | **commit** | past · perfect · passive | | a offense | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/19/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)