--- title: I really know not how it might have turned out, if the monster, in h… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I really know not how it might have turned out, if the monster, in his first headlong rush against Theseus, had not missed him, by a hair's breadth, and broken one of his horns short off against the stone wall. Who acts: I, monster. 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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 (I, monster), 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:pg976:6:43 # text = I really know not how it might have turned out, if the monster, in his first headlong rush against Theseus, had not missed him, by a hair's breadth, and broken one of his horns short off against the stone wall. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 19 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 missed miss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn out** | might · perfect · passive | | fight | | monster's first headlong rush against Theseus | | the monster *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **not** **miss** | past · perfect | I *not said here* | Theseus | | | | by a hair's breadth | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **break** | participle | I *not said here* | one of Theseus's horns | | | | short *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient | | 5 | **rush** | | monster | | | | | against Theseus | nom rush «act transitive»: poss=agent against=obl | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/44/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/)