--- title: They never failed to exhort one another to fight bravely, and recoll… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They never failed to exhort one another to fight bravely, and recollect that the world had its eyes upon them; although, in simple truth, the only spectator was the Giant Antaeus, with his one, great, stupid eye in the middle of his forehead. Who acts: Pygmies, world, simple truth. 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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 (Pygmies, world, simple truth), 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:pg976:7:73 # text = They never failed to exhort one another to fight bravely, and recollect that the world had its eyes upon them; although, in simple truth, the only spectator was the Giant Antaeus, with his one, great, stupid eye in the middle of his forehead. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 exhort exhort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 fixed _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 bravely bravely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 recollect recollect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 spectator spectator NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Antaeus Antaeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fail** | past | Pygmies *= pygmy* | | | | | with Antaeus's great stupid eye in the middle of Antaeus's forehead | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **exhort** | to-infinitive | Pygmies *= pygmy* *not said here* | one | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Pygmies *= pygmy* *not said here* | | | | | bravely *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **recollect** | infinitive | Pygmies *= pygmy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | the world | world's eyes | | | | upon Pygmies *= pygmy* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | simple truth and the only spectator | the Giant Antaeus | | | | | tree rules | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/74/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/7/)