--- title: This was melancholy news for Prince Theseus, who, when he stepped as… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This was melancholy news for Prince Theseus, who, when he stepped ashore, found himself king of all the country, whether he would or no; and such a turn of fortune was enough to make any young man feel very much out of spirits. Who acts: This, melancholy news, turn, young man. 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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 (This, melancholy news, turn, young man), 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:pg976:6:92 # text = This was melancholy news for Prince Theseus, who, when he stepped ashore, found himself king of all the country, whether he would or no; and such a turn of fortune was enough to make any young man feel very much out of spirits. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 41 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | melancholy news | | | | for Prince Theseus | tree rules | | 2 | **step** | past | melancholy news | | | | | ashore *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | melancholy news *not said here* | King | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme king=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past | such turn of fortune | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | such turn of fortune *not said here* | any young man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** | infinitive | any young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/93/) - ↑ back to [The Minotaur., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/6/)