--- title: "It only remains for us, then, to decide whether we shall carry on t… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "It only remains for us, then, to decide whether we shall carry on the war in our national capacity--one united people against a common enemy--or whether some champion, famous in former fights, shall be selected to defy the slayer of our brother Antaeus to single combat. Who acts: harangue, we. 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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 (harangue, we), 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:pg976:9:29 # text = "It only remains for us, then, to decide whether we shall carry on the war in our national capacity--one united people against a common enemy--or whether some champion, famous in former fights, shall be selected to defy the slayer of our brother Antaeus to single combat. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 decide decide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 capacity capacity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fights fight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 selected select VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 defy defy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 Antaeus Antaeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | harangue | | | | | for us | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **decide** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **carry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | shall | we | | | the war | | in our national capacity one united people against a common enemy | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in capacity=Location | | 4 | **select** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | some champion | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **defy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the slayer of our brother | | | | | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/30/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/)