--- title: Their fierce nature was thoroughly tamed; and, with their fierceness… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Their fierce nature was thoroughly tamed; and, with their fierceness, the two furnaces in their stomachs had likewise been extinguished, insomuch that they probably enjoyed far more comfort in grazing and chewing their cuds than ever before. Who acts: two furnaces, streets. A sentence of «Tanglewood --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/) / 65 # Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 5, sentence 65 Their fierce nature was thoroughly tamed; and, with their fierceness, the two furnaces in their stomachs had likewise been extinguished, insomuch that they probably enjoyed far more comfort in grazing and chewing their cuds than ever before. **Who acts:** two furnaces, streets · **What happens:** tame, be, enjoy, chew · **To what, where:** fierce nature, fierceness, more comfort, grazing, cuds 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 (two furnaces, streets), 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:pg976:29:65 # text = Their fierce nature was thoroughly tamed; and, with their fierceness, the two furnaces in their stomachs had likewise been extinguished, insomuch that they probably enjoyed far more comfort in grazing and chewing their cuds than ever before. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 tamed tame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fierceness fierceness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 furnaces furnace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stomachs stomach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 23 extinguished extinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 insomuch insomuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 probably probably ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 grazing grazing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 chewing chew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 cuds cud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 41 before before ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tame** | past · passive | | streets's fierce nature | | | | with streets's fierceness and insomuch; thoroughly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fierceness=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | the two furnaces in streets's stomachs | streets's fierceness and insomuch *not said here* | | | | extinguished, likewise *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **enjoy** | past | streets *= street* | more comfort | | grazing | | probably *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comfort=Stimulus | | 4 | **chew** | gerund | streets *= street* *not said here* | streets's cuds | | | | before *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/66/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/29/)