--- title: As a great many thousand Pygmies were employed in this task, they so… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As a great many thousand Pygmies were employed in this task, they soon brought together several bushels of inflammatory matter, and raised so tall a heap, that, mounting on its summit, they were quite upon a level with the sleeper's face. Who acts: Pygmies, several bushels, that. 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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 (Pygmies, several bushels, that), 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:pg976:9:47 # text = As a great many thousand Pygmies were employed in this task, they soon brought together several bushels of inflammatory matter, and raised so tall a heap, that, mounting on its summit, they were quite upon a level with the sleeper's face. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bushels bushel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 inflammatory inflammatory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sleeper sleeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | past · passive | | a great many thousand Pygmies | | this task | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **bring together** | past | Pygmies *= pygmy* | several bushels of inflammatory matter | | | | soon, together *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme | | 3 | **raise** | participle | several bushels of inflammatory matter *not said here* | a heap | | | | tall *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Theme | | 4 | **mount** | gerund | that | | | heap's summit | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on summit=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | Pygmies *= pygmy* | | | | | upon a level; with the sleeper's face | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/48/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/9/)