--- title: But, difficult as the matter looked, Theseus was now growing up to b… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, difficult as the matter looked, Theseus was now growing up to be such a vigorous youth, that, in his own opinion, the time would quickly come when he might hope to get the upper hand of this ponderous lump of stone. Who acts: difficult, Theseus, time. 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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 (difficult, Theseus, time), 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:pg976:3:34 # text = But, difficult as the matter looked, Theseus was now growing up to be such a vigorous youth, that, in his own opinion, the time would quickly come when he might hope to get the upper hand of this ponderous lump of stone. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 16 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 vigorous vigorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 44 ponderous ponderous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | difficult | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow up** | past · progressive | Theseus | | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Theseus *not said here* | such vigorous youth and Theseus's own opinion | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | would | the time | | | | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | might | Theseus | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Theseus *not said here* | the upper hand of this ponderous lump of stone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | | 7 | **opine** | | Theseus | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/35/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)