--- title: "My beloved son," said he, grasping the Prince's hand, "you observe… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "My beloved son," said he, grasping the Prince's hand, "you observe that the sails of this vessel are black; as indeed they ought to be, since it goes upon a voyage of sorrow and despair. Who acts: beloved son, son, you, sails. 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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 (beloved son, son, you, sails), 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:pg976:5:9 # text = "My beloved son," said he, grasping the Prince's hand, "you observe that the sails of this vessel are black; as indeed they ought to be, since it goes upon a voyage of sorrow and despair. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 grasping grasp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 observe observe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 since since SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My beloved son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grasp** | gerund | son | the Prince's hand | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | | 3 | **observe** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the sails of this vessel | | | | | black *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | hand | | | | | upon a voyage of sorrow and despair; go *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **voyage** *in a quote* | | | sorrow and despair | | | | | nom voyage «act 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/10/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/5/)