--- title: And the sobs, and groans, and shrieks, with which the city was now f… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the sobs, and groans, and shrieks, with which the city was now filled, were caused by the people's woe, because the fatal day had come again, when the fourteen victims were to be chosen by lot; and the old people feared lest their sons or daughters might be taken, and the youths and damsels drea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/97/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Minotaur., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/) / 97 # Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 2, sentence 97 And the sobs, and groans, and shrieks, with which the city was now filled, were caused by the people's woe, because the fatal day had come again, when the fourteen victims were to be chosen by lot; and the old people feared lest their sons or daughters might be taken, and the youths and damsels dreaded lest they themselves might be destined to glut the ravenous maw of that detestable man-brute. **Who acts:** sobs, woe, lot, old people, youths · **What happens:** groan, shriek, fill, cause, come, choose · **To what, where:** city, fourteen victims, sons, victims, ravenous maw This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sobs, woe, lot, old people), 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:pg976:4:97 # text = And the sobs, and groans, and shrieks, with which the city was now filled, were caused by the people's woe, because the fatal day had come again, when the fourteen victims were to be chosen by lot; and the old people feared lest their sons or daughters might be taken, and the youths and damsels dreaded lest they themselves might be destined to glut the ravenous maw of that detestable man-brute. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sobs sob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 groans groan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 shrieks shriek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 victims victim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 51 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nsubj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 damsels damsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 65 dreaded dread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 66 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 67 nmod:unmarked _ _ 69 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 ccomp _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 glut glut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 ravenous ravenous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 maw maw NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 78 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 82 nsubj _ _ 79 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 80 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 81 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 brute brute NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **groan** | present | the sobs | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shriek** | present | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | | the city | | | now | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument | | 4 | **cause** | past · passive | the people's woe | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | the people's woe *not said here* | | | | again; day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **choose** | past · passive | lot | the fourteen victims | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **fear** | past | the old people | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **take** | might · passive | | people's sons or daughters | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 9 | **dread** | past | the youths and damsels | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **destine** | might · passive | | victims *= victim* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **glut** | to-infinitive | | the ravenous maw of detestable man brute | | | | | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/98/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/4/)