--- title: No sooner did he set eyes on the stranger, than, leaping on his feet… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner did he set eyes on the stranger, than, leaping on his feet, and seizing his walking stick, he strode a mile or two to meet him; all the while brandishing the sturdy pine tree, so that it whistled through the air. Who acts: Antaeus, while, tree. 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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 (Antaeus, while, tree), 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:pg976:8:37 # text = No sooner did he set eyes on the stranger, than, leaping on his feet, and seizing his walking stick, he strode a mile or two to meet him; all the while brandishing the sturdy pine tree, so that it whistled through the air. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brandishing brandish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 sturdy sturdy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 through through ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · do-support | Antaeus | eyes | | the stranger | | soon *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on stranger=Destination | | 2 | **leap** | gerund | Antaeus *not said here* | | | Antaeus's feet | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | | 3 | **seize** | gerund | Antaeus *not said here* | Antaeus's walking stick | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 4 | **stride** | past | Antaeus | a mile | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mile=Trajectory | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Antaeus *not said here* | Antaeus | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **brandish** | gerund | all while | the sturdy pine tree | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **whistle** | past | tree | | | the air | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/38/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/)