--- title: But he assured his father that he did not intend to be eaten up, unr… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he assured his father that he did not intend to be eaten up, unresistingly, like a sheep, and that, if the Minotaur devoured him, it should not be without a battle for his dinner. Who acts: Theseus, Minotaur. 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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, Minotaur), 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:pg976:5:3 # text = But he assured his father that he did not intend to be eaten up, unresistingly, like a sheep, and that, if the Minotaur devoured him, it should not be without a battle for his dinner. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 unresistingly unresistingly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Minotaur Minotaur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 35 without without ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | Theseus | that | Theseus's father | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **intend** | past · do-support | Theseus | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **eat up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Theseus *not said here* | | | | | unresistingly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **devour** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Minotaur | Theseus | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **not** **is** | should | Minotaur | | | | | without a battle; for Theseus's dinner | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/4/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/)