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Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 3, sentence 101

When Cadmus and his companions came up with her, there was the brindled cow taking her ease, chewing her cud, and looking them quietly in the face; as if this was just the spot she had been seeking for, and as if it were all a matter of course.

Who acts: Cadmus, brindled cow, this, cow, it · What happens: come up, be, take, chew, look, seek · To what, where: ease, cud, companions, face, spot

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cadmus, brindled cow, this, cow), 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

advmodnsubjccnmod:possconjadvcladvmodcaseoblpunctexpldetamodnsubjaclnmod:possobjpunctconjnmod:possobjpunctccconjobjadvmodcasedetoblpunctmarkmarknsubjcopadvmoddetoblnsubjauxauxacl:relcloblpunctcccasefixednsubjcopdet:predetdetnsubjadvmodfixedpunctrootWhenADVCadmusPROPNandCCONJhisPRONcompanionsNOUNcameVERBupADVwithADPherPRON,PUNCTtherePRONwasVERBtheDETbrindledADJcowNOUNtakingVERBherPRONeaseNOUN,PUNCTchewingVERBherPRONcudNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlookingVERBthemPRONquietlyADVinADPtheDETfaceNOUN;PUNCTasSCONJifSCONJthisPRONwasAUXjustADVtheDETspotNOUNshePRONhadAUXbeenAUXseekingVERBforADP,PUNCTandCCONJasADPifSCONJitPRONwereAUXallDETaDETmatterNOUNofADPcourseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int6 cameadvmod
2CadmusCadmusPROPNNumber=Sing6 camensubj
3andandCCONJ_5 companionscc
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 companionsnmod:poss
5companionscompanionNOUNNumber=Plur2 Cadmusconj
6camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 wasadvcl
7upupADV_6 cameadvmod
8withwithADP_9 hercase
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 cameobl
10,,PUNCT_6 camepunct
11theretherePRONPronType=Dem12 wasexpl
12wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 cowdet
14brindledbrindledADJDegree=Pos15 cowamod
15cowcowNOUNNumber=Sing12 wasnsubj
16takingtakeVERBVerbForm=Ger15 cowacl
17herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 easenmod:poss
18easeeaseNOUNNumber=Sing16 takingobj
19,,PUNCT_20 chewingpunct
20chewingchewVERBVerbForm=Ger16 takingconj
21herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 cudnmod:poss
22cudcudNOUNNumber=Sing20 chewingobj
23,,PUNCT_25 lookingpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 lookingcc
25lookinglookVERBVerbForm=Ger16 takingconj
26themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs25 lookingobj
27quietlyquietlyADV_25 lookingadvmod
28ininADP_30 facecase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 facedet
30facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing25 lookingobl
31;;PUNCT_38 spotpunct
32asasSCONJ_38 spotmark
33ififSCONJ_38 spotmark
34thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem38 spotnsubj
35wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 spotcop
36justjustADV_38 spotadvmod
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 spotdet
38spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing16 takingobl
39sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 seekingnsubj
40hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 seekingaux
41beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part42 seekingaux
42seekingseekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part38 spotacl:relcl
43forforADP_42 seekingobl
44,,PUNCT_52 matterpunct
45andandCCONJ_52 mattercc
46asasADPExtPos=ADP52 mattercase
47ififSCONJ_46 asfixed
48ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 matternsubj
49werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 mattercop
50allallDETPronType=Tot52 matterdet:predet
51aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art52 matterdet
52mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing12 wasnsubj
53ofofADPExtPos=ADV52 matteradvmod
54coursecourseNOUNNumber=Sing53 offixed
55..PUNCT_12 waspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come uppastCadmus and joy's companionswith cowvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2bepastthe brindled cowtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3takegerundthe brindled cow not said herecow's easevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ease=Theme
4chewgerundthe brindled cow not said herecow's cudvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient
5lookgerundthe brindled cow not said herecompanions = companionthe facequietly propertyvn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Attribute
6is a a condition, not said to happenpastthisthe spottree rules
7seekpast · perfect · progressivecowthe spot not said herevn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme
8ispastitas all mattertree 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.

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