--- title: He could think of nothing better to be done than to summon together… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He could think of nothing better to be done than to summon together his forty-nine brave Argonauts, march at once to the Grove of Mars, slay the dragon, take possession of the Golden Fleece, get on board the Argo, and spread all sail for Iolchos. Who acts: 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 (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:pg976:29:49 # text = He could think of nothing better to be done than to summon together his forty-nine brave Argonauts, march at once to the Grove of Mars, slay the dragon, take possession of the Golden Fleece, get on board the Argo, and spread all sail for Iolchos. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obl _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 15 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Argonauts argonaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Grove Grove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Fleece Fleece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 board board ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Argo Argo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Iolchos Iolchos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | could | Jason | | | | | of nothing | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | | Jason's nine brave Argonauts and march | | | | once, together *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argonaut=Recipient | | 4 | **slay** | infinitive | | the dragon | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | possession of the Golden Fleece | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 6 | **get** | infinitive | | | | the Argo | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on argo=Source | | 7 | **spread** | past | Jason *not said here* | all sail | | | | for Iolchos | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | | 8 | **possess** | | | the Golden Fleece | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/50/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)