Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 36
But, for all that, Eurylochus imagined that he saw something fierce and savage in their eyes; nor would he have been surprised, at any moment, to feel the big lion's terrible claws, or to see each of the tigers make a deadly spring, or each wolf leap at the throat of the man whom he had fondled.
Who acts: Eurylochus, each · What happens: imagine, see, surprise, feel, make, fondle · To what, where: something, Eurylochus, terrible claws, wolf leap, man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eurylochus, each), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 imagined | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 all | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 Eurylochus | det |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 all | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 all | punct |
| 7 | Eurylochus | Eurylochus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 imagined | nsubj |
| 8 | imagined | imagine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 saw | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 imagined | ccomp |
| 12 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 saw | obj |
| 13 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 something | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 savage | cc |
| 15 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 something | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 eyes | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 18 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 savage | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 surprised | punct |
| 20 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 25 surprised | cc |
| 21 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 surprised | aux |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 surprised | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 surprised | aux |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 surprised | aux:pass |
| 25 | surprised | surprise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 imagined | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 moment | punct |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 moment | case |
| 28 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 29 moment | det |
| 29 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 surprised | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 feel | punct |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 feel | mark |
| 32 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 surprised | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 lion | det |
| 34 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 lion | amod |
| 35 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 claws | nmod:poss |
| 36 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 35 lion | case |
| 37 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 claws | amod |
| 38 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 feel | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 see | punct |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 see | cc |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 see | mark |
| 42 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 feel | conj |
| 43 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 47 make | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 tigers | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 tigers | det |
| 46 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 each | nmod |
| 47 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 see | ccomp |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 spring | det |
| 49 | deadly | deadly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 spring | amod |
| 50 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 make | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 leap | punct |
| 52 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 55 leap | cc |
| 53 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 55 leap | det |
| 54 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 leap | compound |
| 55 | leap | leap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 see | obl |
| 56 | at | at | ADP | _ | 58 throat | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 throat | det |
| 58 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 leap | nmod |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 man | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 man | det |
| 61 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 throat | nmod |
| 62 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 fondled | obj |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 fondled | nsubj |
| 64 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 fondled | aux |
| 65 | fondled | fondle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 61 man | acl:relcl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 imagined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imagine | past | all Eurylochus | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Eurylochus | something | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | surprise | would · perfect · passive | Eurylochus | moment | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | feel | to-infinitive | the big lion's terrible claws | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Theme | |||||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | each wolf leap at the throat of the man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | make | present | each | spring | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 7 | fondle | past · perfect | Eurylochus | the man | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=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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