--- title: When the Pygmy was quite satisfied that his eyes had not deceived hi… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the Pygmy was quite satisfied that his eyes had not deceived him, he scampered, as fast as his legs would carry him, to the Giant's ear, and stooping over its cavity, shouted lustily into it: Who acts: Pygmy, Giant, legs. 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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 (Pygmy, Giant, legs), 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:pg976:8:9 # text = When the Pygmy was quite satisfied that his eyes had not deceived him, he scampered, as fast as his legs would carry him, to the Giant's ear, and stooping over its cavity, shouted lustily into it: 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Pygmy Pygmy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 scampered scamper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 cavity cavity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 lustily lustily ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Pygmy | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **deceive** | past · perfect · passive | | Giant's eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **scamper** | past | Giant | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | would | Giant's legs | Giant | | the Giant ear | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ear=Destination | | 5 | **stoop** | gerund | Giant *not said here* | | | move's cavity | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over cavity=Location | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Giant *not said here* | | | move | | lustily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into it=Recipient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/10/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/)