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Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1, sentence 49

Too much frightened to run away, she stood straining her eyes into this wonderful cavity, and soon saw a team of four sable horses, snorting smoke out of their nostrils, and tearing their way out of the earth with a splendid golden chariot whirling at their heels.

Who acts: notion, splendid golden chariot · What happens: frighten, run away, stand, strain, see, snort · To what, where: eyes, wonderful cavity, team, smoke, nostrils, way

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (notion, splendid golden chariot), 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

advmodaclmarkxcompadvmodpunctnsubjaclxcompnmod:possobjcasedetamodoblpunctccadvmodconjdetobjcasenummodamodnmodpunctparataxisobjcasecasenmod:possoblpunctccconjnmod:possobjcasecasedetoblcasedetamodamodoblaclcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTooADVmuchADJfrightenedVERBtoPARTrunVERBawayADV,PUNCTshePRONstoodVERBstrainingVERBherPRONeyesNOUNintoADPthisDETwonderfulADJcavityNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsoonADVsawVERBaDETteamNOUNofADPfourNUMsableADJhorsesNOUN,PUNCTsnortingVERBsmokeNOUNoutADPofADPtheirPRONnostrilsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtearingVERBtheirPRONwayNOUNoutADPofADPtheDETearthNOUNwithADPaDETsplendidADJgoldenADJchariotNOUNwhirlingVERBatADPtheirPRONheelsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TootooADV_2 muchadvmod
2muchmuchADJDegree=Posrootroot
3frightenedfrightenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 muchacl
4totoPART_5 runmark
5runrunVERBVerbForm=Inf3 frightenedxcomp
6awayawayADV_5 runadvmod
7,,PUNCT_9 stoodpunct
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 stoodnsubj
9stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 muchacl
10strainingstrainVERBVerbForm=Ger9 stoodxcomp
11herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 eyesnmod:poss
12eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur10 strainingobj
13intointoADP_16 cavitycase
14thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem16 cavitydet
15wonderfulwonderfulADJDegree=Pos16 cavityamod
16cavitycavityNOUNNumber=Sing10 strainingobl
17,,PUNCT_20 sawpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 sawcc
19soonsoonADVDegree=Pos20 sawadvmod
20sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 stoodconj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 teamdet
22teamteamNOUNNumber=Sing20 sawobj
23ofofADP_26 horsescase
24fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card26 horsesnummod
25sablesableADJDegree=Pos26 horsesamod
26horseshorseNOUNNumber=Plur22 teamnmod
27,,PUNCT_28 snortingpunct
28snortingsnortVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 sawparataxis
29smokesmokeNOUNNumber=Sing28 snortingobj
30outoutADP_33 nostrilscase
31ofofADP_33 nostrilscase
32theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 nostrilsnmod:poss
33nostrilsnostrilNOUNNumber=Plur28 snortingobl
34,,PUNCT_36 tearingpunct
35andandCCONJ_36 tearingcc
36tearingtearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part28 snortingconj
37theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 waynmod:poss
38waywayNOUNNumber=Sing36 tearingobj
39outoutADP_42 earthcase
40ofofADP_42 earthcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 earthdet
42earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing36 tearingobl
43withwithADP_47 chariotcase
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art47 chariotdet
45splendidsplendidADJDegree=Pos47 chariotamod
46goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos47 chariotamod
47chariotchariotNOUNNumber=Sing36 tearingobl
48whirlingwhirlVERBVerbForm=Ger47 chariotacl
49atatADP_51 heelscase
50theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 heelsnmod:poss
51heelsheelNOUNNumber=Plur48 whirlingobl
52..PUNCT_2 muchpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1frightenparticipletree rules
2run awayto-infinitiveaway propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3standpastnotionvn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4straingerundnotion not said herenotion's eyesthis wonderful cavityvn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source
5seepastnotion not said herea team of four sable horsessoon propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus
6snortgerundsmokehorses's nostrilsvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Patient
7teargerundhorses's waythe earthwith a splendid golden chariotvn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent way=Patient with chariot=Instrument
8whirlgerunda splendid golden chariot not said herehorses's heelsvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at heel=Trajectory

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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