Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 38

Nevertheless, the men went safely across the lawn with the wild beasts frisking about them, and doing no manner of harm; although, as they mounted the steps of the palace, you might possibly have heard a low growl, particularly from the wolves; as if they thought it a pity, after all, to let the strangers pass without so much as tasting what they were made of.

Who acts: men, wild beasts, beasts, you, strangers · What happens: go, frisk, do, mount, hear, think · To what, where: lawn, manner, steps, low growl, beasts, palace

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 (men, wild beasts, beasts, 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	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nevertheless	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 lawn	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lawn	det
9	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 beasts	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 beasts	det
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beasts	amod
13	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	obl
14	frisking	frisk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 beasts	acl
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 frisking	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 doing	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 doing	cc
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 went	advcl
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 manner	det
21	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 doing	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 harm	case
23	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 manner	nmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 mounted	punct
25	although	although	SCONJ	_	29 mounted	mark
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 mounted	punct
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 mounted	mark
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 mounted	nsubj
29	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 steps	det
31	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 mounted	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 palace	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 palace	det
34	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 steps	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 heard	punct
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	40 heard	nsubj
37	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 heard	aux
38	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	40 heard	advmod
39	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 heard	aux
40	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 mounted	parataxis
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 growl	det
42	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 growl	amod
43	growl	growl	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 heard	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 wolves	punct
45	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	48 wolves	advmod
46	from	from	ADP	_	48 wolves	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 wolves	det
48	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 growl	conj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 thought	punct
50	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 thought	mark
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	53 thought	mark
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thought	nsubj
53	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thought	obj
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 pity	det
56	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 thought	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 all	punct
58	after	after	ADP	_	59 all	case
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 thought	ccomp
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 let	punct
61	to	to	PART	_	62 let	mark
62	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	59 all	parataxis
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 strangers	det
64	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 pass	nsubj
65	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 let	ccomp
66	without	without	ADP	_	68 much	case
67	so	so	ADV	_	68 much	advmod
68	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 pass	obl
69	as	as	SCONJ	_	70 tasting	mark
70	tasting	taste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	68 much	advcl
71	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	70 tasting	obj
72	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 made	nsubj
73	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 made	aux:pass
74	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 what	acl:relcl
75	of	of	ADP	_	74 made	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	the men		the lawn	with the wild beasts; nevertheless, safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across lawn=Initial_Location
2	frisk	gerund	the wild beasts not said here			about beasts = beast	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent
3	do	gerund	the men not said here	no manner of harm			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Eventuality
4	mount	past	beasts = beast	the steps of the palace			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient
5	hear	might · perfect	you	a low growl and the wolves		possibly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer growl=Stimulus
6	think speech: other a condition, not said to happen	past	beasts = beast	manner			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme pity=Attribute
7	let	to-infinitive					tree rules
8	pass	present	the strangers			without much	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	taste	gerund	the strangers not said here				vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme what=Attribute
10	make	past · passive		beasts = beast			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
11	step			the palace			nom step «act 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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