--- title: And therefore, though he would gladly have seen Jason snapped up at… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And therefore, though he would gladly have seen Jason snapped up at a mouthful, he was resolved (and it was a very wrong thing of this wicked potentate) not to run any further risk of losing his beloved Fleece. Who acts: king, Jason, mouthful, further risk. 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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, Jason, mouthful, further risk), 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:pg976:29:43 # text = And therefore, though he would gladly have seen Jason snapped up at a mouthful, he was resolved (and it was a very wrong thing of this wicked potentate) not to run any further risk of losing his beloved Fleece. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 10 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mouthful mouthful NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 20 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 potentate potentate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | would · perfect | king | | | | | gladly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **snap up** | past | Jason | | | a mouthful | | therefore *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mouthful=Location | | 3 | **resolve** | past · passive | | king | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | mouthful | a wrong thing | | | | of this wicked potentate | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **run** | to-infinitive | | any further risk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 6 | **lose** | gerund | any further risk *not said here* | king's beloved Fleece | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)