Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 3, sentence 49
"Begone to your sty!" cried the enchantress, giving them some smart strokes with her wand; and then she turned to the serving men--"Drive out these swine, and throw down some acorns for them to eat."
Who acts: enchantress, behavior, hogs · What happens: begone, cry, give, turn, drive out, throw down · To what, where: smart strokes, hogs, swine, acorns · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (enchantress, behavior, hogs), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Begone | punct |
| 2 | Begone | begone | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 sty | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sty | sty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Begone | obl |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Begone | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Begone | punct |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 enchantress | det |
| 10 | enchantress | enchantress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cried | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 giving | punct |
| 12 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 cried | advcl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 giving | iobj |
| 14 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 strokes | det |
| 15 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 strokes | amod |
| 16 | strokes | stroke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 giving | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 wand | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 wand | nmod:poss |
| 19 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 strokes | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 turned | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 turned | cc |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 turned | advmod |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 turned | nsubj |
| 24 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 men | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 men | det |
| 27 | serving | serving | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 men | compound |
| 28 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 turned | obl |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 Drive | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 Drive | punct |
| 31 | Drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 turned | conj |
| 32 | out | out | ADP | _ | 31 Drive | compound:prt |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 34 swine | det |
| 34 | swine | swine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Drive | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 throw | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 throw | cc |
| 37 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 38 | down | down | ADP | _ | 37 throw | compound:prt |
| 39 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 acorns | det |
| 40 | acorns | acorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 throw | obj |
| 41 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 44 eat | mark |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 eat | nsubj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 eat | mark |
| 44 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 throw | advcl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 throw | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 throw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begone in a quote | infinitive | to your sty | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the enchantress | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | give | gerund | the enchantress not said here | some smart strokes | hogs = hog | with behavior's wand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient stroke=Theme | ||
| 4 | turn | past | behavior | then | to the serving men result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to man=Result | |||
| 5 | drive out in a quote | infinitive | behavior not said here | this swine | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme swine=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | throw down in a quote | infinitive | some acorns | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme | |||||
| 7 | eat in a quote | to-infinitive | hogs = hog | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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