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title: Then he knew that the tender-hearted Ariadne was still holding the o… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he knew that the tender-hearted Ariadne was still holding the other end, and that she was fearing for him, and hoping for him, and giving him just as much of her sympathy as if she were close by his side. Who acts: Theseus, hearted Ariadne, Ariadne. A sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 18

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Then he knew that the tender-hearted Ariadne was still holding the other end, and that she was fearing for him, and hoping for him, and giving him just as much of her sympathy as if she were close by his side.

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**Who acts:** Theseus, hearted Ariadne, Ariadne · **What happens:** know, hold, fear, hope, give, be · **To what, where:** other end, much, Theseus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Theseus, hearted Ariadne, Ariadne), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:6:18
# text = Then he knew that the tender-hearted Ariadne was still holding the other end, and that she was fearing for him, and hoping for him, and giving him just as much of her sympathy as if she were close by his side.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	tender	tender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hearted	hearted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Ariadne	Ariadne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	fearing	fear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
32	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	iobj	_	_
33	just	just	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
34	as	as	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
40	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	advcl	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | Theseus |  |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold** | past · progressive | the hearted Ariadne | the other end |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme |
| 3 | **fear** | past · progressive | Ariadne |  |  |  |  | for Theseus | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for he=Attribute |
| 4 | **hope** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Theseus | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* | much of Ariadne's sympathy | Theseus |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient much=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | Ariadne |  |  |  |  | by Theseus's side; close *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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