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Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 3, sentence 4

On his way thither, he still inquired of most people whom he met whether they had seen Europa; for, to say the truth, Cadmus had grown so accustomed to ask the question, that it came to his lips as readily as a remark about the weather.

Who acts: smile, people, Cadmus, question · What happens: inquire, meet, see, say, grow, accustom · To what, where: way, most people, Europa, truth, question, lips · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (smile, people, Cadmus, question), 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

casenmod:possobladvmodpunctnsubjadvmodcaseamodoblobjnsubjacl:relclmarknsubjauxccompobjpunctmarkpunctmarkconjdetobjpunctnsubjauxccompadvmodconjmarkadvcldetobjpunctmarknsubjconjcasenmod:possobladvmodadvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootOnADPhisPRONwayNOUNthitherADV,PUNCThePRONstillADVinquiredVERBofADPmostADJpeopleNOUNwhomPRONhePRONmetVERBwhetherSCONJtheyPRONhadAUXseenVERBEuropaPROPN;PUNCTforSCONJ,PUNCTtoPARTsayVERBtheDETtruthNOUN,PUNCTCadmusPROPNhadAUXgrownVERBsoADVaccustomedVERBtoPARTaskVERBtheDETquestionNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJitPRONcameVERBtoADPhisPRONlipsNOUNasADVreadilyADVasADPaDETremarkNOUNaboutADPtheDETweatherNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_3 waycase
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 waynmod:poss
3waywayNOUNNumber=Sing8 inquiredobl
4thitherthitherADV_3 wayadvmod
5,,PUNCT_3 waypunct
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 inquirednsubj
7stillstillADV_8 inquiredadvmod
8inquiredinquireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9ofofADP_11 peoplecase
10mostmostADJDegree=Sup11 peopleamod
11peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur8 inquiredobl
12whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel14 metobj
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 metnsubj
14metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 peopleacl:relcl
15whetherwhetherSCONJ_18 seenmark
16theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs18 seennsubj
17hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 seenaux
18seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part14 metccomp
19EuropaEuropaPROPNNumber=Sing18 seenobj
20;;PUNCT_24 saypunct
21forforSCONJ_24 saymark
22,,PUNCT_24 saypunct
23totoPART_24 saymark
24saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf8 inquiredconj
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 truthdet
26truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing24 sayobj
27,,PUNCT_30 grownpunct
28CadmusCadmusPROPNNumber=Sing30 grownnsubj
29hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 grownaux
30growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part24 sayccomp
31sosoADV_32 accustomedadvmod
32accustomedaccustomVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part30 grownconj
33totoPART_34 askmark
34askaskVERBVerbForm=Inf32 accustomedadvcl
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 questiondet
36questionquestionNOUNNumber=Sing34 askobj
37,,PUNCT_40 camepunct
38thatthatSCONJ_40 camemark
39ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 camensubj
40camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 grownconj
41totoADP_43 lipscase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 lipsnmod:poss
43lipslipNOUNNumber=Plur40 cameobl
44asasADV_45 readilyadvmod
45readilyreadilyADV_48 remarkadvmod
46asasADP_48 remarkcase
47aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 remarkdet
48remarkremarkNOUNNumber=Sing40 cameobl
49aboutaboutADP_51 weathercase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 weatherdet
51weatherweatherNOUNNumber=Sing48 remarknmod
52..PUNCT_8 inquiredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1inquire speech: otherpastsmilesmile's waystillof most peoplevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of people=Recipient
2meetpastsmilemost peopletree rules
3seepast · perfectpeopleEuropavn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer europa=Stimulus
4say speech: assertto-infinitivesmile not said herethe truthtree rules
5growpast · perfectCadmusvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6accustomparticipleCadmus not said heretree rules
7ask speech: askto-infinitiveCadmus not said herethe questionvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
8comepastquestionsmile's lipsas a remark about the weathervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lip=Initial_Location

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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