Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 1, sentence 58
But, together with her enjoyment of the sport, there was still a little remnant of fear in the child's heart; so that her last look at the three boys was a troubled one, and made them feel as if their dear sister were really leaving them forever.
Who acts: enjoyment, last look, troubled one, boys, dear sister, bye · What happens: be, make, feel, leave, enjoy · To what, where: troubled one, boys, sport
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (enjoyment, last look, troubled one, boys), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 was | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 enjoyment | punct |
| 3 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 enjoyment | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 enjoyment | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 enjoyment | nmod:poss |
| 6 | enjoyment | enjoyment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 was | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 sport | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sport | det |
| 9 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 enjoyment | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 enjoyment | punct |
| 11 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 12 was | expl |
| 12 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 was | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 remnant | det |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 remnant | amod |
| 16 | remnant | remnant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 was | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 fear | case |
| 18 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 remnant | nmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 heart | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 child | det |
| 21 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 heart | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 child | case |
| 23 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fear | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 one | punct |
| 25 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 37 one | mark |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 so | fixed |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 look | nmod:poss |
| 28 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 look | amod |
| 29 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 one | nsubj |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 boys | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 boys | det |
| 32 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 boys | nummod |
| 33 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 look | nmod |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 one | cop |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 one | det |
| 36 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 one | amod |
| 37 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 was | nsubj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 made | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 made | cc |
| 40 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 one | acl:relcl |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 made | obj |
| 42 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 made | xcomp |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 50 leaving | mark |
| 44 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 50 leaving | mark |
| 45 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 sister | nmod:poss |
| 46 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 sister | amod |
| 47 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 leaving | nsubj |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 leaving | aux |
| 49 | really | really | ADV | _ | 50 leaving | advmod |
| 50 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 feel | advcl |
| 51 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 leaving | obj |
| 52 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 50 leaving | advmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | bye's enjoyment of the sport | there | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | past | bye's last look at the three boys | a troubled one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make | past | a troubled one not said here | boys = boy | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | feel | infinitive | boys = boy not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | leave | past · progressive | boys's dear sister | boys = boy | forever property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 6 | enjoy | bye | the sport | nom enjoyment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent 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.
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