--- title: While they were crossing the pasture ground, the brazen bulls came t… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While they were crossing the pasture ground, the brazen bulls came towards Jason, lowing, nodding their heads, and thrusting forth their snouts, which, as other cattle do, they loved to have rubbed and caressed by a friendly hand. Who acts: streets, brazen bulls, snouts. 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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 (streets, brazen bulls, snouts), 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:pg976:29:64 # text = While they were crossing the pasture ground, the brazen bulls came towards Jason, lowing, nodding their heads, and thrusting forth their snouts, which, as other cattle do, they loved to have rubbed and caressed by a friendly hand. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 pasture pasture NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Jason Jason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 lowing low VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 thrusting thrust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 snouts snout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux _ _ 39 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 caressed caress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | past · progressive | streets *= street* | the pasture ground | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | the brazen bulls | | | Jason | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards jason=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **low** | gerund | the brazen bulls *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **nod** | gerund | the brazen bulls *not said here* | streets's heads | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **thrust** | gerund | the brazen bulls *not said here* | streets's snouts | | | | forth *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snout=Theme | | 6 | **do** | present | streets's snouts | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **love** | past | streets *= street* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **rub** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | streets *= street* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **caress** | participle | streets *= street* *not said here* | | | | | by a friendly hand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent by hand=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/65/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)