Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3, sentence 15

But my ears, you must know, are made in such a way, that all cries of distress and affright all over the world are pretty sure to find their way to them; and nine days ago, as I sat in my cave, making myself very miserable, I heard the voice of a young girl, shrieking as if in great distress.

Who acts: you, cries, I, distress · What happens: know, make, affright, be, find, sit · To what, where: ears, way, world, cries, cave, myself

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, cries, I, distress), 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	_	10 made	cc
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ears	nmod:poss
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 made	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ears	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 know	aux
7	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ears	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ears	punct
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 way	case
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 way	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 sure	punct
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 sure	mark
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 cries	det
18	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 sure	nsubj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 distress	case
20	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cries	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 affright	cc
22	affright	affright	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cries	conj
23	all	all	ADV	_	26 world	advmod
24	over	over	ADP	_	26 world	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 world	det
26	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 affright	obl
27	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 sure	cop
28	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	29 sure	advmod
29	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	conj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 find	mark
31	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 sure	xcomp
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 way	nmod:poss
33	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 find	obj
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 them	case
35	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 find	obl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 ago	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 ago	cc
38	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 days	nummod
39	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 ago	obl:unmarked
40	ago	ago	ADV	_	10 made	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 sat	punct
42	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 sat	mark
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 sat	nsubj
44	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 made	parataxis
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 cave	case
46	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 cave	nmod:poss
47	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 sat	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 making	punct
49	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 sat	advcl
50	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	49 making	obj
51	very	very	ADV	_	52 miserable	advmod
52	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 making	xcomp
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 heard	punct
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 heard	nsubj
55	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 sat	conj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 voice	det
57	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 heard	obj
58	of	of	ADP	_	61 girl	case
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 girl	det
60	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 girl	amod
61	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 voice	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 shrieking	punct
63	shrieking	shriek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 heard	advcl
64	as	as	ADP	_	68 distress	case
65	if	if	SCONJ	_	68 distress	mark
66	in	in	ADP	_	68 distress	case
67	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 distress	amod
68	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 shrieking	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	must	you	my ears not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus
2	make	present · passive		my ears		such way	ago property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	affright	present	all cries of distress not said here			the world		tree rules
4	is	present	all cries of distress				pretty, sure property	tree rules
5	find	to-infinitive	all cries of distress not said here	cries's way	cries = cry			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
6	sit	past	I			my cave		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location
7	make	gerund	I not said here	myself			miserable property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset myself=Product
8	hear	past	I	the voice of a young girl				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
9	shriek	gerund	I not said here				as great distress	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	cry		distress					nom cry «communication 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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