--- title: When the sun was too hot, he often sat himself down, and let his sha… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the sun was too hot, he often sat himself down, and let his shadow fall over the kingdom, from one frontier to the other; and as for matters in general, he was wise enough to let them alone, and leave the Pygmies to manage their own affairs--which, after all, is about the best thing that great --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Pygmies., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/) / 33 # Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 1, sentence 33 When the sun was too hot, he often sat himself down, and let his shadow fall over the kingdom, from one frontier to the other; and as for matters in general, he was wise enough to let them alone, and leave the Pygmies to manage their own affairs--which, after all, is about the best thing that great people can do for little ones. **Who acts:** sun, shadow, own affairs, great people · **What happens:** be, sit down, let, fall, leave, manage · **To what, where:** sun, kingdom, feet, Pygmies, own affairs, best thing This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, shadow, own affairs, great people), 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:pg976:7:33 # text = When the sun was too hot, he often sat himself down, and let his shadow fall over the kingdom, from one frontier to the other; and as for matters in general, he was wise enough to let them alone, and leave the Pygmies to manage their own affairs--which, after all, is about the best thing that great people can do for little ones. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 xcomp _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 frontier frontier NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 31 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 33 case _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 40 enough enough ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 csubj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 alone alone ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 62 about about ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 65 amod _ _ 65 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 obj _ _ 67 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nsubj _ _ 69 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl:relcl _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sun | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit down** | past | sun | sun | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | present | sun's shadow | | | the kingdom | | from one frontier to the other | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme over kingdom=Initial\_Location from frontier=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | shadow | | | | | as matters in general; enough, wise *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | to-infinitive | | feet *= foot* | | | | alone *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | infinitive | | the Pygmies | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pygmy=Theme | | 8 | **manage** | to-infinitive | | feet's own affairs | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme | | 9 | **is** | present | feet's own affairs | | | | after all | about the best thing | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | can | great people | the best thing | | | | for little ones | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 11 | **shadow** | | sun | | | | | | nom shadow «state 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/34/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/)