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Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1, sentence 52

He was of a noble aspect, and rather handsome, but looked sullen and discontented; and he kept rubbing his eyes and shading them with his hand, as if he did not live enough in the sunshine to be very fond of its light.

Who acts: man, sunshine · What happens: be, look, discontent, keep, rub, shade · To what, where: eyes, sunshine

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 (man, sunshine), 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

nsubjcopcasedetamodpunctccadvmodconjpunctccparataxisxcompccconjpunctccnsubjparataxisxcompnmod:possobjccconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctmarkmarknsubjauxadvmodconjadvmodcasedetoblmarkcopadvmodaclcasenmod:possoblpunctrootHePRONwasAUXofADPaDETnobleADJaspectNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJratherADVhandsomeADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJlookedVERBsullenADJandCCONJdiscontentedVERB;PUNCTandCCONJhePRONkeptVERBrubbingVERBhisPRONeyesNOUNandCCONJshadingVERBthemPRONwithADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJifSCONJhePRONdidAUXnotPARTliveVERBenoughADVinADPtheDETsunshineNOUNtoPARTbeAUXveryADVfondADJofADPitsPRONlightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 aspectnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 aspectcop
3ofofADP_6 aspectcase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 aspectdet
5noblenobleADJDegree=Pos6 aspectamod
6aspectaspectNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7,,PUNCT_10 handsomepunct
8andandCCONJ_10 handsomecc
9ratherratherADV_10 handsomeadvmod
10handsomehandsomeADJDegree=Pos6 aspectconj
11,,PUNCT_13 lookedpunct
12butbutCCONJ_13 lookedcc
13lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 aspectparataxis
14sullensullenADJDegree=Pos13 lookedxcomp
15andandCCONJ_16 discontentedcc
16discontenteddiscontentVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 sullenconj
17;;PUNCT_20 keptpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 keptcc
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 keptnsubj
20keptkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 lookedparataxis
21rubbingrubVERBVerbForm=Ger20 keptxcomp
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 eyesnmod:poss
23eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur21 rubbingobj
24andandCCONJ_25 shadingcc
25shadingshadeVERBVerbForm=Ger21 rubbingconj
26themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs25 shadingobj
27withwithADP_29 handcase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 handnmod:poss
29handhandNOUNNumber=Sing25 shadingobl
30,,PUNCT_36 livepunct
31asasSCONJ_36 livemark
32ififSCONJ_36 livemark
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 livensubj
34diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 liveaux
35notnotPARTPolarity=Neg36 liveadvmod
36liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf20 keptconj
37enoughenoughADV_36 liveadvmod
38ininADP_40 sunshinecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 sunshinedet
40sunshinesunshineNOUNNumber=Sing36 liveobl
41totoPART_44 fondmark
42bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf44 fondcop
43veryveryADV_44 fondadvmod
44fondfondADJDegree=Pos40 sunshineacl
45ofofADP_47 lightcase
46itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 lightnmod:poss
47lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing44 fondobl
48..PUNCT_6 aspectpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastmanof a noble aspecttree rules
2beman not said heretree rules
3lookpastsullen propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4discontentparticipletree rules
5keeppastmantree rules
6rubgerundman not said hereman's eyesvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
7shadegerundman not said hereeyes = eyewith man's handvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
8not live a condition, not said to happenpast · do-supportmanthe sunshineenough propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location
9isto-infinitiveman not said hereof sunshine's light; fond propertytree rules
10lightsunshinenom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

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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