--- title: Theseus looked, and saw that the rock had been placed over another s… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Theseus looked, and saw that the rock had been placed over another slab of stone, containing a cavity within it; so that it somewhat resembled a roughly-made chest or coffer, of which the upper mass had served as the lid. Who acts: Theseus, rock. 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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, rock), 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:pg976:3:61 # text = Theseus looked, and saw that the rock had been placed over another slab of stone, containing a cavity within it; so that it somewhat resembled a roughly-made chest or coffer, of which the upper mass had served as the lid. 1 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 slab slab NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 containing contain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cavity cavity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 within within ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 coffer coffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Theseus | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | Theseus *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | the rock | | another slab of stone | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over slab=Destination | | 4 | **contain** | gerund | | a cavity | | | | within stone | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cavity=Theme | | 5 | **resemble** | past | rock | a made chest or coffer | | | | somewhat *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | participle | | | | | | roughly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **serve** | past · perfect · passive | | the upper mass | | | | as the lid | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as lid=Attribute | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/62/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)