--- title: The nigher the vessel came, the more Theseus wondered what this imme… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The nigher the vessel came, the more Theseus wondered what this immense giant could be, and whether it actually had life or no. For, though it walked, and made other lifelike motions, there yet was a kind of jerk in its gait, which, together with its brazen aspect, caused the young prince to suspect --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/30/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/) / 30 # Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 3, sentence 30 The nigher the vessel came, the more Theseus wondered what this immense giant could be, and whether it actually had life or no. For, though it walked, and made other lifelike motions, there yet was a kind of jerk in its gait, which, together with its brazen aspect, caused the young prince to suspect that it was no true giant, but only a wonderful piece of machinery. **Who acts:** more Theseus, vessel, kind · **What happens:** come, wonder, have, walk, make, be · **To what, where:** life, other lifelike motions This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (more Theseus, vessel, kind), 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:pg976:5:30 # text = The nigher the vessel came, the more Theseus wondered what this immense giant could be, and whether it actually had life or no. For, though it walked, and made other lifelike motions, there yet was a kind of jerk in its gait, which, together with its brazen aspect, caused the young prince to suspect that it was no true giant, but only a wonderful piece of machinery. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nigher nigh ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 19 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 actually actually ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 no. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 For for ADP IN _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 lifelike lifelike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 motions motion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 57 expl _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 jerk jerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 gait gait NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 together together ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 67 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 but but CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 only only ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 machinery machinery NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the more Theseus | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | vessel | life or no. | | | | actually *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | | 4 | **walk** | past | vessel | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | | other lifelike motions | | | | a wonderful piece of machinery *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset motion=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | a kind of jerk in kind's gait | other lifelike motions *not said here* | | there | yet | cause *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | a kind of jerk in kind's gait *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | kind | | | | | giant *property* | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/31/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/)