Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 3, sentence 110
But, indeed, since there was no hope of regaining the friends of his boyhood, or ever seeing his dear sister again, Cadmus resolved to make himself happy with these new companions, who had grown so fond of him while following the cow.
Who acts: hope, new companions · What happens: be, regain, see, resolve, make, grow · To what, where: hope, friends, dear sister, friend, cow
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 (hope, new companions), 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 | _ | 27 resolved | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hope | punct |
| 3 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 9 hope | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 was | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 7 was | mark |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 was | expl |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 hope | cop |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 hope | det |
| 9 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 resolved | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 11 regaining | mark |
| 11 | regaining | regain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 hope | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 friends | det |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 regaining | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 boyhood | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 boyhood | nmod:poss |
| 16 | boyhood | boyhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 friends | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 seeing | punct |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 seeing | cc |
| 19 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 seeing | advmod |
| 20 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 regaining | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 sister | nmod:poss |
| 22 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 sister | amod |
| 23 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 seeing | obj |
| 24 | again | again | ADV | _ | 20 seeing | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Cadmus | punct |
| 26 | Cadmus | Cadmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 resolved | nsubj |
| 27 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 make | mark |
| 29 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 resolved | xcomp |
| 30 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 29 make | obj |
| 31 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 make | xcomp |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 companions | case |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 35 companions | det |
| 34 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 companions | amod |
| 35 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 make | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 grown | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 grown | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 grown | aux |
| 39 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 companions | acl:relcl |
| 40 | so | so | ADV | _ | 41 fond | advmod |
| 41 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 grown | xcomp |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 fond | obl |
| 44 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 45 following | mark |
| 45 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 make | advcl |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 cow | det |
| 47 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 following | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 resolved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | no hope | indeed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | regain | gerund | no hope not said here | the friends of friend's boyhood | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | gerund | no hope not said here | friend's dear sister | ever; again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | resolve | past | no hope | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | no hope not said here | friend | with this new companions; happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset himself=Product | |||
| 6 | grow | past · perfect | this new companions | fond property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | follow | gerund | no hope not said here | the cow | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=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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