Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 2, sentence 22
Thus, before many years went by, a city had grown up there, in the center of which was seen a stately palace of marble, wherein dwelt Phoenix, clothed in a purple robe, and wearing a golden crown upon his head.
Who acts: city · What happens: go by, grow up, see, dwell, clothe, wear · To what, where: stately palace, Phoenix, golden crown
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (city), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thus | punct |
| 3 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 years | case |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 years | amod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 went | obl |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 went | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grown | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grown | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grown | aux |
| 12 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 went | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 grown | compound:prt |
| 14 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 grown | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 center | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 center | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 center | det |
| 18 | center | center | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grown | obl:agent |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 seen | obl |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 seen | aux:pass |
| 22 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 center | acl:relcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 palace | det |
| 24 | stately | stately | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 palace | amod |
| 25 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 seen | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 marble | case |
| 27 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 palace | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 dwelt | punct |
| 29 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 dwelt | advmod |
| 30 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 marble | acl |
| 31 | Phoenix | Phoenix | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 dwelt | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 clothed | punct |
| 33 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 dwelt | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 robe | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 robe | det |
| 36 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 robe | amod |
| 37 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 clothed | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 wearing | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 wearing | cc |
| 40 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 went | advcl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 crown | det |
| 42 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 crown | amod |
| 43 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wearing | obj |
| 44 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 46 head | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 head | nmod:poss |
| 46 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 wearing | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go by | past | year | thus property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow up | past · perfect | a city | there | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | past · passive | a stately palace of marble | of the center | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: palace=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | dwell | participle | Phoenix | wherein property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme phoenix=Location | ||||
| 5 | clothe | participle | in a purple robe | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in robe=Theme | |||||
| 6 | wear | gerund | a golden crown | upon Phoenix's head | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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.
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