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# Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 73

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On the third day, therefore, he bade a respectful farewell to his grandfather, thanking him for all his kindness; and, after affectionately embracing his mother, he set forth with a good many of her tears glistening on his cheeks, and some, if the truth must be told, that had gushed out of his own eyes.

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**Who acts:** Theseus, good many tears · **What happens:** thank, embrace, set, glisten, tell, gush · **To what, where:** Theseus, mother, cheeks, truth, some, own eyes · **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 (Theseus, good many tears), 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:pg976:3:73
# text = On the third day, therefore, he bade a respectful farewell to his grandfather, thanking him for all his kindness; and, after affectionately embracing his mother, he set forth with a good many of her tears glistening on his cheeks, and some, if the truth must be told, that had gushed out of his own eyes.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	respectful	respectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	farewell	farewell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	affectionately	affectionately	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	embracing	embrace	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
34	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
37	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
42	glistening	glisten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	acl	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
48	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	59	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
50	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
58	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	gushed	gush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	_
60	out	out	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
63	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  |  | Theseus |  |  | for Theseus's kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for kindness=Attribute |
| 2 | **embrace** | gerund |  | Theseus's mother |  |  |  | affectionately *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **set** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  | with mother's good many tears; forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tear=Instrument |
| 4 | **glisten** | gerund | mother's good many tears *not said here* |  |  | Theseus's cheeks |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cheek=Location |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | must · passive |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 6 | **gush** | past · perfect · passive |  | some |  | Theseus's own eyes |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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