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# Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 68

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When his grandfather, the wise King Pittheus, heard that Theseus intended to present himself at his father's palace, he earnestly advised him to get on board of a vessel, and go by sea; because he might thus arrive within fifteen miles of Athens, without either fatigue or danger.

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**Who acts:** grandfather, Theseus, Athens · **What happens:** hear, intend, present, advise, get, go · **To what, where:** Theseus, palace, Athens, board · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grandfather, Theseus, Athens), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:3:68
# text = When his grandfather, the wise King Pittheus, heard that Theseus intended to present himself at his father's palace, he earnestly advised him to get on board of a vessel, and go by sea; because he might thus arrive within fifteen miles of Athens, without either fatigue or danger.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	present	present	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	advised	advise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
42	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
45	within	within	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
47	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	without	without	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	53	det	_	_
53	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
54	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Athens's grandfather |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **intend** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Theseus *not said here* | Theseus |  | Athens's father's palace |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | Theseus | Athens |  |  |  | earnestly *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Athens *not said here* |  |  | board of a vessel |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on board=Source |
| 6 | **go** | infinitive | Athens *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by sea | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location |
| 7 | **arrive** | might | Theseus |  |  |  |  | within fifteen miles of Athens; without either fatigue or danger; thus *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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