Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, sentence 59

And forthwith, feeling themselves bound to obey him, the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth made him a military salute with their swords, returned them to the scabbards, and stood before Cadmus in a rank, eyeing him as soldiers eye their captain, while awaiting the word of command.

Who acts: weapons, five remaining sons · What happens: feel, obey, make, return, stand, eye · To what, where: weapons, Cadmus, military salute, scabbards, rank, word

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 (weapons, five remaining sons), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 forthwith	cc
2	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feeling	punct
4	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 forthwith	conj
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 feeling	obj
6	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feeling	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 obey	mark
8	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bound	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 obey	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 made	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sons	det
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 sons	nummod
13	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sons	amod
14	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 made	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 teeth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dragon	det
17	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 teeth	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 dragon	case
19	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sons	nmod
20	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forthwith	parataxis
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 made	obj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 salute	det
23	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 salute	amod
24	salute	salute	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 made	obj
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 swords	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 swords	nmod:poss
27	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 salute	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 returned	punct
29	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 made	conj
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 returned	obj
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 scabbards	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 scabbards	det
33	scabbards	scabbard	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 returned	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 stood	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 stood	cc
36	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forthwith	conj
37	before	before	ADP	_	38 Cadmus	case
38	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 stood	obl
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 rank	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 rank	det
41	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 stood	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 eyeing	punct
43	eyeing	eye	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 stood	advcl
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 eyeing	obj
45	as	as	ADP	_	47 eye	case
46	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 eye	compound
47	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 eyeing	obl
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 captain	nmod:poss
49	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 eye	appos
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 awaiting	punct
51	while	while	SCONJ	_	52 awaiting	mark
52	awaiting	await	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 eyeing	conj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 word	det
54	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 awaiting	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 command	case
56	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 word	nmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 forthwith	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund		weapons = weapon				bound property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
2	obey	to-infinitive	weapons = weapon not said here	Cadmus					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	make	past	the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth	a military salute	Cadmus				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary salute=Product
4	return	past	the five remaining sons of the dragon's teeth not said here	weapons = weapon		the scabbards			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to scabbard=Destination
5	stand	past				a rank	before Cadmus		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before cadmus=Location
6	eye	gerund		Cadmus				as soldiers eye	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
7	await	gerund		the word of command					tree rules
8	word			command					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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