Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 4, sentence 10

But he had taken only a few steps, when, recollecting some other questions which he wished to ask, he turned round again, and beheld nobody on the spot where Quicksilver had stood; for that winged cap of his, and those winged shoes, with the help of the winged staff, had carried him quickly out of sight.

Who acts: Ulysses, other questions, Quicksilver, that · What happens: take, recollect, wish, ask, turn round, behold · To what, where: few steps, other questions, nobody, spot, cap, Ulysses

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., 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 (Ulysses, other questions, Quicksilver, that), 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	_	4 taken	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taken	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 steps	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 steps	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steps	amod
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taken	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 recollecting	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 recollecting	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 recollecting	punct
12	recollecting	recollect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 steps	acl
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 questions	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 questions	amod
15	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 recollecting	obj
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 wished	nsubj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wished	nsubj
18	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 questions	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 ask	mark
20	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wished	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 turned	punct
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 turned	nsubj
23	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	conj
24	round	round	ADV	_	23 turned	advmod
25	again	again	ADV	_	23 turned	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 beheld	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 beheld	cc
28	beheld	behold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 turned	conj
29	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	28 beheld	obj
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 spot	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 spot	det
32	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 beheld	obl
33	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	36 stood	advmod
34	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 stood	nsubj
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 stood	aux
36	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 spot	acl:relcl
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 winged	punct
38	for	for	ADP	_	39 that	case
39	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 winged	nsubj
40	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	parataxis
41	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 winged	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	48 shoes	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 shoes	nmod:poss
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 shoes	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 shoes	cc
46	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	48 shoes	det
47	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 shoes	amod
48	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 cap	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 help	punct
50	with	with	ADP	_	52 help	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 help	det
52	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 winged	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	56 staff	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 staff	det
55	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 staff	amod
56	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 help	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 carried	punct
58	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 carried	aux
59	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 winged	conj
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 carried	obj
61	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	59 carried	advmod
62	out	out	ADP	_	64 sight	case
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 sight	case
64	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 carried	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 taken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	Ulysses	a few steps				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme
2	recollect	gerund		some other questions				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme
3	wish	past	some other questions					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	some other questions not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	turn round	past	Ulysses			again	round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	behold	participle	Ulysses not said here	nobody	the spot			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nobody=Stimulus
7	stand	past · perfect	Quicksilver					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	wing	past	that	cap of Ulysses's winged shoes			with the help of the winged staff	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme cap=Trajectory
9	wing	participle						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
10	wing	participle						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
11	carry	past · perfect	that not said here	Ulysses	sight		quickly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out sight=Initial_Location
12	help			the winged staff				nom help «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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