--- title: Here she often talked with her son about his father, and said that h… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Here she often talked with her son about his father, and said that he was called Aegeus, and that he was a great king, and ruled over Attica, and dwelt at Athens, which was as famous a city as any in the world. Who acts: Aethra, Theseus, Athens. 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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 (Aethra, Theseus, Athens), 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:pg976:3:6 # text = Here she often talked with her son about his father, and said that he was called Aegeus, and that he was a great king, and ruled over Attica, and dwelt at Athens, which was as famous a city as any in the world. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 18 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Attica Attica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Athens Athens PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | Aethra | | | here | | with Aethra's son about Theseus's father; often *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with son=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Aethra *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **call** | past · passive | | Theseus | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | Theseus | a great king | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rule** | past | Aethra *not said here* | | | Attica | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dwell** | past | Aethra *not said here* | | | Athens | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at athens=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | Athens | | | | | as a famous city; as any | tree rules | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/7/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)