--- title: He could not bear the thought of living any longer; so, first flingi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He could not bear the thought of living any longer; so, first flinging his crown and sceptre into the sea (useless baubles that they were to him now), King Aegeus merely stooped forward, and fell headlong over the cliff, and was drowned, poor soul, in the waves that foamed at its base! 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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 (Aegeus, thought, crown, King), 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:pg976:6:91 # text = He could not bear the thought of living any longer; so, first flinging his crown and sceptre into the sea (useless baubles that they were to him now), King Aegeus merely stooped forward, and fell headlong over the cliff, and was drowned, poor soul, in the waves that foamed at its base! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 any any ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ _ 15 flinging fling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 baubles bauble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 appos _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 acl _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 merely merely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 forward forward ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl:agent _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 foamed foam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bear** | could | Aegeus | the thought | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 2 | **live** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fling** | gerund | Aegeus *not said here* | Aegeus's crown and sceptre | | the sea | now | first *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent crown=Theme into sea=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | crown | useless baubles *not said here* | | | | to Aegeus | tree rules | | 5 | **stoop** | past | King | | | | | forward, merely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fall** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | headlong *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **drown** | past · passive | the waves | poor soul | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **foam** | past | the waves | | | sea's base | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at base=Location | | 9 | **crown** | | Aegeus | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/92/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/)