Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth., part 4, sentence 63

It was strange, too, to observe how the earth, out of which they had so lately grown, was incrusted, here and there, on their bright breastplates, and even, begrimed their faces; just as you may have seen it clinging to beets and carrots, when pulled out of their native soil.

Who acts: look, teeth, you · What happens: be, observe, grow, incrust, begrime, see · To what, where: earth, faces, look, native soil

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 (look, teeth, you), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 strange	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 strange	cop
3	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 too	punct
5	too	too	ADV	_	3 strange	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 observe	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 observe	mark
8	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 strange	parataxis
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	23 incrusted	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earth	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 incrusted	nsubj:pass
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grown	punct
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 which	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 grown	obl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 grown	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 grown	aux
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 grown	advmod
19	lately	lately	ADV	_	20 grown	advmod
20	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 earth	acl:relcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grown	punct
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 incrusted	aux:pass
23	incrusted	incrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 observe	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 here	punct
25	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 incrusted	advmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 there	cc
27	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 here	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 breastplates	punct
29	on	on	ADP	_	32 breastplates	case
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 breastplates	nmod:poss
31	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 breastplates	amod
32	breastplates	breastplate	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 incrusted	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 begrimed	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 begrimed	cc
35	even	even	ADV	_	37 begrimed	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 begrimed	punct
37	begrimed	begrime	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 strange	conj
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 faces	nmod:poss
39	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 begrimed	obj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 seen	punct
41	just	just	ADV	_	46 seen	advmod
42	as	as	SCONJ	_	46 seen	mark
43	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 seen	nsubj
44	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 seen	aux
45	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 seen	aux
46	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 strange	parataxis
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 seen	obj
48	clinging	cling	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 seen	advcl
49	to	to	ADP	_	50 beets	case
50	beets	beet	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 clinging	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 carrots	cc
52	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 beets	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 pulled	punct
54	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	55 pulled	advmod
55	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 beets	acl
56	out	out	ADP	_	60 soil	case
57	of	of	ADP	_	60 soil	case
58	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 soil	nmod:poss
59	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 soil	amod
60	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pulled	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strange	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	look			strange property	tree rules
2	observe	to-infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	grow	past · perfect	teeth = tooth		the earth	lately property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out which=Location
4	incrust	past · passive		the earth	here		tree rules
5	begrime	past	look not said here	teeth's faces			tree rules
6	see	may · perfect	you	look			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7	cling	gerund	you not said here			to beets and carrots	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to beet=Co-Theme
8	pull out	participle		teeth's native soil			tree rules
9	soil		teeth = tooth				nom soil «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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