--- title: To make my story short, the poor captives were awakened, and, hardly… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To make my story short, the poor captives were awakened, and, hardly knowing whether it was not a joyful dream, were told of what Theseus had done, and that they must set sail for Athens before daybreak. Who acts: story, knowing, Theseus, captives. 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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 (story, knowing, Theseus, captives), 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:pg976:6:58 # text = To make my story short, the poor captives were awakened, and, hardly knowing whether it was not a joyful dream, were told of what Theseus had done, and that they must set sail for Athens before daybreak. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 csubj:pass _ _ 17 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 29 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Athens athen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 daybreak daybreak NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | my story | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product | | 2 | **awaken** | past · passive | | the poor captives | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | story | a joyful dream | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | knowing | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | Theseus | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **set** | must | captives *= captive* | sail | | daybreak | | for Athens | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sail=Theme before daybreak=Destination | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/59/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/)