--- title: Still the vessel went bounding onward; and now Theseus could hear th… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Still the vessel went bounding onward; and now Theseus could hear the brazen clangor of the giant's footsteps, as he trod heavily upon the sea-beaten rocks, some of which were seen to crack and crumble into the foaming waves beneath his weight. Who acts: you, vessel, Theseus, some. 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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 (you, vessel, Theseus, some), 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:pg976:5:41 # text = Still the vessel went bounding onward; and now Theseus could hear the brazen clangor of the giant's footsteps, as he trod heavily upon the sea-beaten rocks, some of which were seen to crack and crumble into the foaming waves beneath his weight. 1 Still still VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 bounding bound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 onward onward ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 clangor clangor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 crumble crumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 into into SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 foaming foaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **still** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | the vessel | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bound** | gerund | the vessel *not said here* | | | | | onward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | could | Theseus | the brazen clangor of the giant's footsteps | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clangor=Stimulus | | 5 | **tread** | past | Theseus | | | the beaten rocks | | heavily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon rock=Trajectory | | 6 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past · passive | | some | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **crack** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **crumble** | infinitive | some *not said here* | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **wave** | present | the foaming | | | foaming's weight | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath weight=Location | | 11 | **clangor** | | | the giant's footsteps | | | | | nom clangor «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/42/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/)