Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 2, sentence 51

One of the first acts of King Cilix's government was to send out an expedition, consisting of a grave ambassador, and an escort of bold and hardy young men, with orders to visit the principal kingdoms of the earth, and inquire whether a young maiden had passed through those regions, galloping swiftly on a white bull.

Who acts: One, government · What happens: be, consist, visit, inquire, pass, gallop · To what, where: escort, principal kingdoms, young maiden, regions

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 (One, government), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 send	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 acts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 acts	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 acts	amod
5	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 government	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 government	nmod:poss
8	Cilix	Cilix	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	flat
9	's	's	PART	_	7 King	case
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acts	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 send	cop
12	to	to	PART	_	13 send	mark
13	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 send	compound:prt
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 expedition	det
16	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 send	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 consisting	punct
18	consisting	consist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 send	advcl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 ambassador	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 ambassador	det
21	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 ambassador	amod
22	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consisting	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 escort	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 escort	cc
25	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 escort	det
26	escort	escort	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consisting	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	32 men	case
28	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 men	amod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 hardy	cc
30	hardy	hardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 bold	conj
31	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 men	amod
32	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 escort	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 orders	punct
34	with	with	ADP	_	35 orders	case
35	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 men	conj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 visit	mark
37	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 consisting	advcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 kingdoms	det
39	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 kingdoms	amod
40	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 visit	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 earth	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 earth	det
43	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 kingdoms	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 inquire	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 inquire	cc
46	inquire	inquire	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 send	conj
47	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	52 passed	mark
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 maiden	det
49	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 maiden	amod
50	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 passed	nsubj:pass
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 passed	aux
52	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 inquire	advcl
53	through	through	ADP	_	55 regions	case
54	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	55 regions	det
55	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 passed	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 galloping	punct
57	galloping	gallop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 passed	advcl
58	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	57 galloping	advmod
59	on	on	ADP	_	62 bull	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 bull	det
61	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 bull	amod
62	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 galloping	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 send	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	One of the first acts of King's government			send property	tree rules
2	consist	gerund	One of the first acts of King's government not said here	a escort of bold young men and orders		of a grave ambassador	tree rules
3	visit	to-infinitive	One of the first acts of King's government not said here	the principal kingdoms of the earth			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Co-Agent
4	inquire speech: other	infinitive	One of the first acts of King's government not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	pass	past · perfect · passive		a young maiden	that regions		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through region=Destination
6	gallop	gerund				on a white bull; swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bull=Trajectory
7	act		King's government				nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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