Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 3, sentence 74
On she went at the quiet pace of a cow going homeward to the barn yard; and, every moment, Cadmus expected to see a milkmaid approaching with a pail, or a herdsman running to head the stray animal, and turn her back towards the pasture.
Who acts: cow, Cadmus, milkmaid, herdsman · What happens: go, expect, see, approach, run, turn back · To what, where: homeward, milkmaid, herdsman, stray animal, 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 (cow, Cadmus, milkmaid, herdsman), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 3 went | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 pace | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pace | det |
| 6 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pace | amod |
| 7 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 cow | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cow | det |
| 10 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pace | nmod |
| 11 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 cow | acl |
| 12 | homeward | homeward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 going | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 yard | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 yard | det |
| 15 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 yard | compound |
| 16 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 going | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 expected | cc |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 moment | punct |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 moment | det |
| 21 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 expected | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 moment | punct |
| 23 | Cadmus | Cadmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 expected | nsubj |
| 24 | expected | expect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 see | mark |
| 26 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 expected | xcomp |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 milkmaid | det |
| 28 | milkmaid | milkmaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 see | obj |
| 29 | approaching | approach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 milkmaid | acl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 pail | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 pail | det |
| 32 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 approaching | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 herdsman | punct |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 36 herdsman | cc |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 herdsman | det |
| 36 | herdsman | herdsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 approaching | obl |
| 37 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 herdsman | acl |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 head | mark |
| 39 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 running | advcl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 animal | det |
| 41 | stray | stray | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 animal | amod |
| 42 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 running | obl:unmarked |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 turn | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 turn | cc |
| 45 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 see | conj |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 turn | obj |
| 47 | back | back | ADV | _ | 45 turn | advmod |
| 48 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 50 pasture | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 pasture | det |
| 50 | pasture | pasture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 turn | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | cow | at the quiet pace of a cow | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at pace=Location | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | a cow not said here | homeward | to the barn yard | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location homeward=Theme | |||
| 3 | expect | past | Cadmus | moment | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cadmus not said here | a milkmaid | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer milkmaid=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | approach | gerund | a milkmaid not said here | a herdsman | with a pail | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pail=Instrument | |||
| 6 | run | gerund | a herdsman not said here | the stray animal | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | turn back | infinitive | Cadmus not said here | cow | towards the pasture | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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