Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 4, sentence 36
But, all this while, he had held the snow-white flower in his hand, and had constantly smelt of it while Circe was speaking; and as he crossed the threshold of the saloon, he took good care to inhale several long and deep snuffs of its fragrance.
Who acts: Ulysses · What happens: hold, have, speak, cross, take, inhale · To what, where: while, smelt, threshold, good care, several long snuffs · 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 (Ulysses), 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 | _ | 9 held | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 while | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 while | det:predet |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 while | det |
| 5 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 held | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 while | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 held | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 held | aux |
| 9 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 flower | det |
| 11 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 white | obl |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 snow | punct |
| 13 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 flower | amod |
| 14 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 held | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 hand | nmod:poss |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 flower | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 had | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 had | cc |
| 20 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 held | conj |
| 21 | constantly | constantly | ADV | _ | 22 smelt | advmod |
| 22 | smelt | smelt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 had | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 it | case |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 smelt | nmod |
| 25 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 28 speaking | mark |
| 26 | Circe | Circe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 speaking | compound |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 speaking | aux |
| 28 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 had | advcl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 took | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 took | cc |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 crossed | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 crossed | nsubj |
| 33 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 took | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 threshold | det |
| 35 | threshold | threshold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 crossed | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 saloon | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 saloon | det |
| 38 | saloon | saloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 threshold | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 crossed | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 took | nsubj |
| 41 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 held | conj |
| 42 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 care | amod |
| 43 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 took | obj |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 inhale | mark |
| 45 | inhale | inhale | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 care | acl |
| 46 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 snuffs | amod |
| 47 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 snuffs | amod |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 deep | cc |
| 49 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 long | conj |
| 50 | snuffs | snuff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 inhale | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 fragrance | case |
| 52 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 fragrance | nmod:poss |
| 53 | fragrance | fragrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 snuffs | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past · perfect · passive | all while | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme flower=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | have | past | smelt of smelt | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smelt=Patient | |||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | past · progressive | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | cross | past | Ulysses | the threshold of the saloon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient | ||||
| 5 | take | past | Ulysses | good care | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | ||||
| 6 | inhale | to-infinitive | Ulysses not said here | several long snuffs of saloon's fragrance | vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snuff=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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