--- title: The bulls have been tamed and yoked; the field has been plowed; the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The bulls have been tamed and yoked; the field has been plowed; the dragon's teeth have been sown broadcast, and harrowed into the soil; the crop of armed warriors have sprung up, and they have slain one another, to the last man. Who acts: bulls. 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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 (bulls), 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:pg976:29:39 # text = The bulls have been tamed and yoked; the field has been plowed; the dragon's teeth have been sown broadcast, and harrowed into the soil; the crop of armed warriors have sprung up, and they have slain one another, to the last man. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 tamed tame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 yoked yoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 plowed plow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 sown sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 22 broadcast broadcast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 harrowed harrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obj _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 43 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tame** | present · perfect · passive | | the bulls | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **yoke** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **plow** | present · perfect · passive | | the field | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sow** | present · perfect · passive | | the dragon's teeth | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **harrow** | participle | | | | the soil | | | tree rules | | 6 | **spring up** | present · perfect · passive | | the crop of armed warriors | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **slay** | present · perfect | bulls *= bull* | one | | | | to the last man | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/40/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)