--- title: These last, however, could by no means perform their appointed duty;… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: These last, however, could by no means perform their appointed duty; inasmuch as the enemy's breath rushed out of his nose in an obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind, which blew the Pygmies away as fast as they came nigh. Who acts: inasmuch, obstreperous hurricane, eyes. 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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 (inasmuch, obstreperous hurricane, eyes), 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:pg976:9:44 # text = These last, however, could by no means perform their appointed duty; inasmuch as the enemy's breath rushed out of his nose in an obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind, which blew the Pygmies away as fast as they came nigh. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 obl _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 inasmuch inasmuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 obstreperous obstreperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hurricane hurricane NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 43 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | could | | | | | | by no; however *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **perform** | infinitive | | eyes's appointed duty | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme | | 3 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rush out** | past | inasmuch as the enemy's breath | inasmuch's nose | | a obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nose=Theme in hurricane=Trajectory | | 5 | **blow away** | past | a obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind | the Pygmies | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pygmy=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | fast, nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/45/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/)