--- title: But these and many other wonders must be left untold; and it is enou… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But these and many other wonders must be left untold; and it is enough to say, that Medea, amongst a thousand other bad things, knew how to prepare a poison, that was instantly fatal to whomsoever might so much as touch it with his lips. Who acts: chariot, Medea, that, these. 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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 (chariot, Medea, that, these), 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:pg976:3:110 # text = But these and many other wonders must be left untold; and it is enough to say, that Medea, amongst a thousand other bad things, knew how to prepare a poison, that was instantly fatal to whomsoever might so much as touch it with his lips. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj:outer _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 untold untold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 20 Medea Medea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 whomsoever whomsoever NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 much much ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | must · passive | | many other wonders | | | | untold *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | chariot | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | chariot *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** | past | Medea and thousand other bad things | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | Medea and thousand other bad things *not said here* | a poison | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | that | | | | | to whomsoever; fatal, instantly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **touch** | might | these | chariot | | | | with wonder's lips | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with lip=Instrument | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/109/) - next →: [The Minotaur., part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/1/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)