Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 2, sentence 64

A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old woman, while plucking vervain and catnip, had heard a scream, but supposed it to be some childish nonsense, and therefore did not take the trouble to look up.

Who acts: fisherman, Proserpina, several persons, chariot wheels, distant thunder · What happens: be, notice, go, see, stoop, gather · To what, where: fisherman, sand, beach, rustic, flowers, rattling

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 (fisherman, Proserpina, several persons, chariot wheels), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fisherman	det
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 noticed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 true	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fisherman	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 fisherman	punct
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 noticed	aux
9	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 footprints	nmod:poss
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 footprints	amod
12	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 noticed	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 sand	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sand	det
15	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 noticed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 went	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 noticed	parataxis
20	homeward	homeward	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
21	along	along	ADP	_	23 beach	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 beach	det
23	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 went	obl
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 basket	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 basket	det
26	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 beach	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 fish	case
28	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 basket	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 seen	punct
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 seen	det
31	rustic	rustic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 seen	nsubj:pass
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 seen	aux
33	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 noticed	conj
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 child	det
35	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 seen	obj
36	stooping	stoop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	33 seen	advcl
37	to	to	PART	_	38 gather	mark
38	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 stooping	xcomp
39	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 gather	obj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 heard	punct
41	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 persons	amod
42	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 heard	nsubj
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 heard	aux
44	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 noticed	parataxis
45	either	either	CCONJ	_	47 rattling	cc:preconj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 rattling	det
47	rattling	rattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 heard	obj
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 wheels	case
49	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 wheels	compound
50	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 rattling	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 rumbling	punct
52	or	or	CCONJ	_	54 rumbling	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 rumbling	det
54	rumbling	rumbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 rattling	conj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 thunder	case
56	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 thunder	amod
57	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 rumbling	nmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 heard	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 heard	cc
60	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 woman	nummod
61	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 woman	amod
62	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 heard	parataxis
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 plucking	punct
64	while	while	SCONJ	_	65 plucking	mark
65	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 woman	conj
66	vervain	vervain	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 plucking	obj
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 catnip	cc
68	catnip	catnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 vervain	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 woman	punct
70	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 heard	aux
71	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 noticed	parataxis
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 scream	det
73	scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 heard	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 supposed	punct
75	but	but	CCONJ	_	76 supposed	cc
76	supposed	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 noticed	parataxis
77	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 supposed	obj
78	to	to	PART	_	82 nonsense	mark
79	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	82 nonsense	cop
80	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	82 nonsense	det
81	childish	childish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 nonsense	amod
82	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 supposed	xcomp
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 take	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 take	cc
85	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	88 take	advmod
86	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 take	aux
87	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	88 take	advmod
88	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	76 supposed	parataxis
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 trouble	det
90	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 take	obj
91	to	to	PART	_	92 look	mark
92	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	88 take	advcl
93	up	up	ADP	_	92 look	compound:prt
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 noticed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	fisherman	a fisherman not said here		true property	tree rules
2	notice	past · perfect · passive		a fisherman	the sand		tree rules
3	go	past	Proserpina		the beach with a basket of fish	homeward property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along beach=Initial_Location
4	see	past · perfect · passive		rustic			tree rules
5	stoop	gerund					tree rules
6	gather	to-infinitive		flowers			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme
7	hear	past · perfect	several persons	the rattling of chariot wheels or the rumbling of distant thunder			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rattling=Stimulus
8	pluck	gerund		vervain and catnip			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vervain=Patient
9	hear	past · perfect		a scream			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scream=Stimulus
10	suppose	past		scream			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
11	is a	to-infinitive		some childish nonsense			tree rules
12	not take	past · do-support		the trouble		therefore property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme
13	look up	to-infinitive					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
14	rattle		chariot wheels				nom rattling «event intransitive»: of=agent
15	rumble		distant thunder				nom rumbling «event intransitive»: of=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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