--- title: Now Hercules (though strong enough, as you already know, to hold the… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now Hercules (though strong enough, as you already know, to hold the sky up) began to be sensible that he should never win the victory, if he kept on knocking Antaeus down; for, by and by, if he hit him such hard blows, the Giant would inevitably, by the help of his Mother Earth, become stronger tha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/85/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/) / 85 # Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 85 Now Hercules (though strong enough, as you already know, to hold the sky up) began to be sensible that he should never win the victory, if he kept on knocking Antaeus down; for, by and by, if he hit him such hard blows, the Giant would inevitably, by the help of his Mother Earth, become stronger than the mighty Hercules himself. **Who acts:** you, Hercules · **What happens:** know, hold up, begin, be, not win, keep · **To what, where:** sky, victory, Antaeus, Mother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Hercules), 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:pg976:8:85 # text = Now Hercules (though strong enough, as you already know, to hold the sky up) began to be sensible that he should never win the victory, if he kept on knocking Antaeus down; for, by and by, if he hit him such hard blows, the Giant would inevitably, by the help of his Mother Earth, become stronger than the mighty Hercules himself. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 2 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 already already ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 on on SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 knocking knock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 36 Antaeus Antaeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 39 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nsubj _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 inevitably inevitably ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 67 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 66 xcomp _ _ 68 than than ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 72 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **hold up** | to-infinitive | | the sky | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sky=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | Hercules | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | Hercules *not said here* | | | | | sensible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **win** | should | Hercules | the victory | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hercules | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **knock down** | gerund | Hercules *not said here* | Antaeus | | | | down *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent antaeus=Patient | | 8 | **hit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hercules | Antaeus | | | | by the help of Hercules's Mother | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient blow=Result | | 9 | **become** | infinitive | Hercules *not said here* | | | | | strong *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **help** | | | Hercules's Mother | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/86/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/)