--- title: As he would hear not another word in their favor, the prisoners were… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As he would hear not another word in their favor, the prisoners were now led away, and clapped into a dungeon, where the jailer advised them to go to sleep as soon as possible, because the Minotaur was in the habit of calling for breakfast early. Who acts: King, jailer, prisoners, 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 (King, jailer, prisoners, 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:pg976:5:83 # text = As he would hear not another word in their favor, the prisoners were now led away, and clapped into a dungeon, where the jailer advised them to go to sleep as soon as possible, because the Minotaur was in the habit of calling for breakfast early. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 jailer jailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Minotaur Minotaur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | would | King | another word | | captives's favor | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **lead away** | past · passive | | the prisoners | | | now | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **clap** | past | | | | a dungeon | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into dungeon=Recipient | | 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the jailer | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prisoners *= prisoner* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | prisoners *= prisoner* *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the Minotaur | | | the habit | | | tree rules | | 8 | **call** | gerund | the habit *not said here* | | | | | for breakfast; early *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for breakfast=Recipient | | 9 | **favor** | | captives *= captive* | | | | | | nom favor «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/84/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/)