--- title: Theseus took longer strides on hearing this, and fancied himself sur… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Theseus took longer strides on hearing this, and fancied himself sure of a magnificent reception at his father's court, since he came thither with Fame to blow her trumpet before him, and cry to King Aegeus, "Behold your son!" Who acts: Theseus. 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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), 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:pg976:3:88 # text = Theseus took longer strides on hearing this, and fancied himself sure of a magnificent reception at his father's court, since he came thither with Fame to blow her trumpet before him, and cry to King Aegeus, "Behold your son!" 1 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 strides stride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 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 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 since since SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 thither thither ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Theseus | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V that S»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **stride** | present | Theseus *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 4 | **fancy** | past | Theseus *not said here* | Theseus | | | | sure *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | Theseus | | | | | with Fame; thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **blow** | to-infinitive | Theseus *not said here* | fame's trumpet | | | before Theseus | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent trumpet=Patient | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | King | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/89/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/3/)