Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 3, sentence 52

In their sty, moreover, they behaved more piggishly than the pigs that had been born so; for they bit and snorted at one another, put their feet in the trough, and gobbled up their victuals in a ridiculous hurry; and, when there was nothing more to be had, they made a great pile of themselves among some unclean straw, and fell fast asleep.

Who acts: creatures, nothing · What happens: behave, bear, bit, snort, put, gobble up · To what, where: sty, pigs, feet, trough, victuals, ridiculous hurry

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 (creatures, nothing), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 sty	case
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sty	nmod:poss
3	sty	sty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 behaved	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sty	punct
5	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	8 behaved	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 behaved	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 behaved	nsubj
8	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 piggishly	advmod
10	piggishly	piggishly	ADV	_	13 pigs	advmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 pigs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pigs	det
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 behaved	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 born	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 born	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 born	aux:pass
17	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pigs	acl:relcl
18	so	so	ADV	_	17 born	advmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 put	punct
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	22 bit	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 bit	nsubj
22	bit	bit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 put	advcl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 snorted	cc
24	snorted	snort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 bit	conj
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 one	case
26	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 snorted	obl
27	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	26 one	fixed
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bit	punct
29	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 behaved	conj
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 feet	nmod:poss
31	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 put	obj
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 trough	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 trough	det
34	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 put	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 gobbled	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 gobbled	cc
37	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 behaved	conj
38	up	up	ADP	_	37 gobbled	compound:prt
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 victuals	nmod:poss
40	victuals	victual	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 gobbled	obj
41	in	in	ADP	_	44 hurry	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 hurry	det
43	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 hurry	amod
44	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 gobbled	obl
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 made	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 made	cc
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 and	punct
48	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	50 was	advmod
49	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	50 was	expl
50	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 made	advcl
51	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	50 was	nsubj
52	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	51 nothing	amod
53	to	to	PART	_	55 had	mark
54	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 had	aux:pass
55	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 more	advcl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 was	punct
57	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 made	nsubj
58	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 behaved	parataxis
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 pile	det
60	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 pile	amod
61	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 made	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 themselves	case
63	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	61 pile	nmod
64	among	among	ADP	_	67 straw	case
65	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	67 straw	det
66	unclean	unclean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 straw	amod
67	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 made	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 fell	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 fell	cc
70	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 made	conj
71	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	70 fell	advmod
72	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 fell	xcomp
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 behaved	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	behave	past	creatures = creature		creatures's sty	than the pigs; moreover property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	bear	past · perfect · passive		the pigs			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	bit	present	creatures = creature				tree rules
4	snort	past	creatures = creature not said here			at one	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	put	infinitive	creatures = creature not said here	creatures's feet	the trough		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in trough=Destination
6	gobble up	past	creatures = creature not said here	creatures's victuals	a ridiculous hurry		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent victual=Theme
7	be	past	nothing		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	have	to-infinitive · passive	nothing not said here				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»
9	make	past	creatures = creature	a great pile of creatures		among some unclean straw	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pile=Product
10	fall	past	creatures = creature not said here			asleep, fast property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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