Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, sentence 18

He had not gone his length, however, when the brave Cadmus gave him a sword thrust that finished the battle; and creeping out of the gateway of the creature's jaws, there he beheld him still wriggling his vast bulk, although there was no longer life enough in him to harm a little child.

Who acts: Cadmus, brave Cadmus, sword thrust, wriggling · What happens: not go, give, finish, creep out, behold, wriggle · To what, where: length, sword thrust, tuft, battle, gateway, vast bulk

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cadmus, brave Cadmus, sword thrust, wriggling), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 gone	advmod
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 length	nmod:poss
6	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gone	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 however	punct
8	however	however	ADV	_	4 gone	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gave	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 gave	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cadmus	det
12	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Cadmus	amod
13	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 gave	nsubj
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gave	iobj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 thrust	det
17	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thrust	compound
18	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	obj
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 finished	nsubj
20	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 thrust	acl:relcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 battle	det
22	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 finished	obj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 creeping	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 creeping	cc
25	creeping	creep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 gone	conj
26	out	out	ADP	_	29 gateway	case
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 gateway	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 gateway	det
29	gateway	gateway	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 creeping	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	34 jaws	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 creature	det
32	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 jaws	nmod:poss
33	's	's	PART	_	32 creature	case
34	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 gateway	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 beheld	punct
36	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	38 beheld	expl
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 beheld	nsubj
38	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 creeping	conj
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 beheld	obj
40	still	still	ADV	_	41 wriggling	advmod
41	wriggling	wriggle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 life	csubj
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 bulk	nmod:poss
43	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 bulk	amod
44	bulk	bulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wriggling	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 was	punct
46	although	although	SCONJ	_	48 was	mark
47	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	48 was	expl
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 life	cop
49	no	no	ADV	_	50 longer	advmod
50	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	51 life	advmod
51	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 beheld	obj
52	enough	enough	ADV	_	51 life	advmod
53	in	in	ADP	_	54 him	case
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 life	nmod
55	to	to	PART	_	56 harm	mark
56	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 life	advcl
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 child	det
58	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 child	amod
59	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 harm	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gone	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	past · perfect	Cadmus	Cadmus's length				however property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location length=Theme
2	give	past	the brave Cadmus	a sword thrust	tuft				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thrust=Theme
3	finish	past	a sword thrust	the battle					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality battle=Eventuality
4	creep out	gerund	Cadmus not said here	the gateway of the creature's jaws					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location gateway=Theme
5	behold	past	Cadmus	tuft		there			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
6	wriggle	gerund		Cadmus's vast bulk			still		tree rules
7	is a	past	wriggling	life				in Cadmus; enough, long property	tree rules
8	harm	to-infinitive	wriggling not said here	a little child					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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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