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title: Then the Pygmy army would march homeward in triumph, attributing the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the Pygmy army would march homeward in triumph, attributing the victory entirely to their own valor, and to the warlike skill and strategy of whomsoever happened to be captain general; and for a tedious while afterwards, nothing would be heard of but grand processions, and public banquets, and 
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 1, sentence 78

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Then the Pygmy army would march homeward in triumph, attributing the victory entirely to their own valor, and to the warlike skill and strategy of whomsoever happened to be captain general; and for a tedious while afterwards, nothing would be heard of but grand processions, and public banquets, and brilliant illuminations, and shows of wax-work, with likenesses of the distinguished officers, as small as life.

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**Who acts:** Pygmy army, warlike skill · **What happens:** march, attribute, happen, be, hear, show · **To what, where:** homeward, triumph, victory, captain, nothing, wax work

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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 (Pygmy army, warlike skill), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg976:7:78
# text = Then the Pygmy army would march homeward in triumph, attributing the victory entirely to their own valor, and to the warlike skill and strategy of whomsoever happened to be captain general; and for a tedious while afterwards, nothing would be heard of but grand processions, and public banquets, and brilliant illuminations, and shows of wax-work, with likenesses of the distinguished officers, as small as life.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	march	march	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	triumph	triumph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	attributing	attribute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	valor	valor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	warlike	warlike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	strategy	strategy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	whomsoever	whomsoever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	cop	_	_
32	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
33	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	tedious	tedious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
39	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
40	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	38	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	45	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	parataxis	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	processions	procession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	banquets	banquet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	illuminations	illumination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	shows	show	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	likenesses	likeness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
73	as	as	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	parataxis	_	_
75	as	as	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | would | the Pygmy army | homeward |  | triumph | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme in triumph=Trajectory |
| 2 | **attribute** | gerund | the Pygmy army *not said here* | the victory |  |  |  | entirely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | past | the warlike skill and strategy of whomsoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | captain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hear** | would · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  | of grand processions and public banquets and brilliant illuminations and shows of wax work; with likenesses of the distinguished officers | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **show** |  |  | wax work |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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