Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2, sentence 30
And yet there was a kind of gloom in the midst of this enchanted light; nor was there a single object in the hall that was really agreeable to behold, except the little Proserpina herself, a lovely child, with one earthly flower which she had not let fall from her hand.
Who acts: single object · What happens: enchant, be, not let · To what, where: single object, hall, one earthly flower, hand
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (single object), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 was | cc |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 4 was | advmod |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 was | expl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 object | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 was | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gloom | case |
| 8 | gloom | gloom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 midst | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 midst | det |
| 11 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gloom | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 light | case |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 light | det |
| 14 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 light | amod |
| 15 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 midst | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 object | punct |
| 17 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 22 object | cc |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 object | cop |
| 19 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 object | advmod |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 object | det |
| 21 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 object | amod |
| 22 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 hall | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 hall | det |
| 25 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 object | nmod |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 agreeable | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 agreeable | cop |
| 28 | really | really | ADV | _ | 29 agreeable | advmod |
| 29 | agreeable | agreeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 object | acl:relcl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 behold | case |
| 31 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 29 agreeable | discourse |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Proserpina | punct |
| 33 | except | except | ADP | _ | 36 Proserpina | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Proserpina | det |
| 35 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Proserpina | amod |
| 36 | Proserpina | Proserpina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 agreeable | obl |
| 37 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 Proserpina | appos |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 child | punct |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 child | det |
| 40 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 child | amod |
| 41 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 object | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 flower | punct |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 flower | case |
| 44 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 flower | nummod |
| 45 | earthly | earthly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 flower | amod |
| 46 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 object | appos |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 let | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 let | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 let | aux |
| 50 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 51 let | advmod |
| 51 | let | let | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 flower | acl:relcl |
| 52 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 let | obj |
| 53 | from | from | ADP | _ | 55 hand | case |
| 54 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 hand | nmod:poss |
| 55 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 let | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 object | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | a single object and a lovely child | the hall; there | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | a single object and a lovely child | except the little Proserpina; agreeable property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not let | past · perfect · passive | one earthly flower | kind's hand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=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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