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title: Her black eyes shone upon him with such a keen intelligence, that he… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Her black eyes shone upon him with such a keen intelligence, that he felt as if there were a serpent peeping out of them; and, although she had done him so much service only the night before, he was by no means very certain that she would not do him an equally great mischief before sunset. Who acts:
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 5, sentence 52

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Her black eyes shone upon him with such a keen intelligence, that he felt as if there were a serpent peeping out of them; and, although she had done him so much service only the night before, he was by no means very certain that she would not do him an equally great mischief before sunset.

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**Who acts:** black eyes, Jason, serpent, Medea · **What happens:** shine, feel, be, peep out, do, not do · **To what, where:** eyes, Jason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (black eyes, Jason, serpent, Medea), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:29:52
# text = Her black eyes shone upon him with such a keen intelligence, that he felt as if there were a serpent peeping out of them; and, although she had done him so much service only the night before, he was by no means very certain that she would not do him an equally great mischief before sunset.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	11	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
23	out	out	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
30	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
37	only	only	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl:unmarked	_	_
40	before	before	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
44	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
45	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	46	nsubj	_	_
46	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
47	very	very	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	xcomp	_	_
49	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	ccomp	_	_
54	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl:unmarked	_	_
59	before	before	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | past | Medea's black eyes |  |  |  |  | upon Jason; with such keen intelligence | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 2 | **feel** | past | Jason |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | as a serpent | tree rules |
| 4 | **peep out** | gerund | a serpent *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 5 | **do** | past · perfect | Medea | Jason |  |  | night | before *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | past | Jason |  |  |  |  | certain, mean *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **do** | would | Medea | Jason |  |  | sunset | a great mischief *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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