--- title: King Aetes scowled, and looked very angry and excessively disturbed;… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: King Aetes scowled, and looked very angry and excessively disturbed; for he knew that, in accordance with his kingly promise, he ought now to permit Jason to win the Fleece, if his courage and skill should enable him to do so. Who acts: King, courage, Jason. 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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 (King, courage, Jason), 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:pg976:29:41 # text = King Aetes scowled, and looked very angry and excessively disturbed; for he knew that, in accordance with his kingly promise, he ought now to permit Jason to win the Fleece, if his courage and skill should enable him to do so. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Aetes Aetes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 scowled scowl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 excessively excessively ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 kingly kingly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 30 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scowl** | past | King | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | angry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **disturb** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | excessively *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** | past | king | that | | accordance with king's kingly promise | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 5 | **permit** | ought | king | Jason | | | now | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jason=Theme | | 6 | **win** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the Fleece | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Eventuality | | 7 | **enable** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | king's courage and skill | Jason | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **promise** | | king | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/42/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)