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title: For he kept striding to and fro, in a solitary frenzy of rage, conti… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: For he kept striding to and fro, in a solitary frenzy of rage, continually emitting a hoarse roar, which was oddly mixed up with half-shaped words; and, after listening a while, Theseus understood that the Minotaur was saying to himself how miserable he was, and how hungry, and how he hated everybod
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 26

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For he kept striding to and fro, in a solitary frenzy of rage, continually emitting a hoarse roar, which was oddly mixed up with half-shaped words; and, after listening a while, Theseus understood that the Minotaur was saying to himself how miserable he was, and how hungry, and how he hated everybody, and how he longed to eat up the human race alive.

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**Who acts:** Theseus, Minotaur · **What happens:** keep, stride, fro, emit, mix up, shape · **To what, where:** solitary frenzy, hoarse roar, Theseus, everybody, human race · **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, Minotaur), 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:pg976:6:26
# text = For he kept striding to and fro, in a solitary frenzy of rage, continually emitting a hoarse roar, which was oddly mixed up with half-shaped words; and, after listening a while, Theseus understood that the Minotaur was saying to himself how miserable he was, and how hungry, and how he hated everybody, and how he longed to eat up the human race alive.
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	striding	stride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fro	fro	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	frenzy	frenzy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	emitting	emit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
24	oddly	oddly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	amod	_	_
31	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
40	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	46	obl	_	_
49	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	50	advmod	_	_
50	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	ccomp	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
56	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
59	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	61	advmod	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
62	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	67	advmod	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	longed	long	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	_
70	up	up	ADP	RP	_	69	compound:prt	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
74	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stride** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* |  |  | a solitary frenzy of rage |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in frenzy=Trajectory |
| 3 | **fro** | infinitive | Theseus *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **emit** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* | a hoarse roar |  |  |  | continually *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source roar=Theme |
| 5 | **mix up** | past · passive |  | a hoarse roar |  |  |  | with shaped words; oddly *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with word=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 7 | **listen** | gerund | Theseus *not said here* |  |  |  | while |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **understand** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | the Minotaur |  | Theseus |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient |
| 10 | **is** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  | miserable *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **be** |  | Theseus *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **hate** | past | Theseus | everybody |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everybody=Stimulus |
| 13 | **long** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 14 | **eat up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Theseus *not said here* | the human race |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Patient |

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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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