--- title: But, while he waited at the door, the nephews ran and told King Aege… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, while he waited at the door, the nephews ran and told King Aegeus that a young man had arrived in Athens, who, to their certain knowledge, intended to put him to death, and get possession of his royal crown. Who acts: Theseus, nephews, young man. 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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 (Theseus, nephews, young man), 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:pg976:3:100 # text = But, while he waited at the door, the nephews ran and told King Aegeus that a young man had arrived in Athens, who, to their certain knowledge, intended to put him to death, and get possession of his royal crown. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 nephews nephew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 iobj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Athens Athens PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 42 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Theseus | | | the door | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location | | 2 | **run** | past | the nephews | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the nephews *not said here* | | King Aegeus | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent aegeus=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **arrive** | past · perfect | a young man | | | Athens | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **intend** | participle | | nephews's certain knowledge *not said here* | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | Theseus | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 7 | **get** | infinitive | the nephews *not said here* | possession of Theseus's royal crown | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possession=Stimulus | | 8 | **possess** | | | Theseus's royal crown | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **crown** | | Theseus | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/101/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)