Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 4, sentence 12

But the wise king struck at them with his long spear, and sternly bade them begone out of his path; for he knew that they had once been bloodthirsty men, and would now tear him limb from limb, instead of fawning upon him, could they do the mischief that was in their hearts.

Who acts: wise king, King, animals, mischief · What happens: strike, bade, begone, know, have, be · To what, where: animals, path, bloodthirsty men, King, limb, mischief · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (wise king, King, animals, mischief), 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	_	5 struck	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 king	amod
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	nsubj
5	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 struck	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 spear	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 spear	nmod:poss
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 spear	amod
11	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bade	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bade	cc
14	sternly	sternly	ADV	_	15 bade	advmod
15	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bade	obj
17	begone	begone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 bade	xcomp
18	out	out	ADP	_	21 path	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 path	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 path	nmod:poss
21	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 begone	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 knew	punct
23	for	for	SCONJ	_	25 knew	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 knew	nsubj
25	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	parataxis
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 had	mark
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 had	nsubj
28	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 knew	ccomp
29	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	31 bloodthirsty	advmod
30	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 bloodthirsty	cop
31	bloodthirsty	bloodthirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 men	amod
32	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 had	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 tear	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 tear	cc
35	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 tear	aux
36	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 tear	advmod
37	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 knew	conj
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 tear	obj
39	limb	limb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 tear	xcomp
40	from	from	ADP	_	41 limb	case
41	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 limb	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 fawning	punct
43	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	45 fawning	mark
44	of	of	ADP	_	43 instead	fixed
45	fawning	fawn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 limb	advcl
46	upon	upon	ADP	_	47 him	case
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 fawning	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 do	punct
49	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 do	aux
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 do	nsubj
51	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 tear	conj
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 mischief	det
53	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 do	obj
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 hearts	nsubj
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 hearts	cop
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 hearts	case
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 hearts	nmod:poss
58	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 mischief	acl:relcl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	participle	the wise king				at animals = animal; with King's long spear	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at they=Patient with spear=Instrument
2	bade	past	the wise king not said here	animals = animal			sternly property	tree rules
3	begone	infinitive	the wise king not said here		King's path			tree rules
4	know	past	King					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	have	past	animals = animal	bloodthirsty men				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
6	is	participle					bloodthirsty, once property	tree rules
7	tear	would	King not said here	King		now		tree rules
8	limb	infinitive	King not said here		limb			tree rules
9	fawn	gerund	King not said here				upon King	vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	do	could	animals = animal	the mischief				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Eventuality
11	is	past	the mischief		animals's hearts			tree rules

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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