Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4, sentence 30
Saying these words, she kissed the little Prince Demophoon, and sighed to think what he had lost, and took her departure without heeding Queen Metanira, who entreated her to remain, and cover up the child among the hot embers as often as she pleased.
Who acts: child, Demophoon, Queen · What happens: say, kiss, sigh, think, lose, take · To what, where: words, little Demophoon, departure, Queen, child · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (child, Demophoon, Queen), 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 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 kissed | advcl |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 words | det |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Saying | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Saying | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kissed | nsubj |
| 6 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Demophoon | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Demophoon | amod |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Demophoon | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Demophoon | Demophoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 kissed | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sighed | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sighed | cc |
| 13 | sighed | sigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kissed | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 think | mark |
| 15 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 sighed | xcomp |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 think | obj |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 lost | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 lost | aux |
| 19 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 what | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 took | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 took | cc |
| 22 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kissed | conj |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 departure | nmod:poss |
| 24 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 took | obj |
| 25 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 26 heeding | mark |
| 26 | heeding | heed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 took | advcl |
| 27 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 heeding | obj |
| 28 | Metanira | Metanira | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Queen | flat |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 entreated | punct |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 entreated | nsubj |
| 31 | entreated | entreat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 Queen | acl:relcl |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 entreated | obj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 remain | mark |
| 34 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 entreated | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 cover | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 cover | cc |
| 37 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 took | conj |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 cover | compound:prt |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 child | det |
| 40 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 cover | obj |
| 41 | among | among | ADP | _ | 44 embers | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 embers | det |
| 43 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 embers | amod |
| 44 | embers | ember | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 cover | obl |
| 45 | as | as | ADV | _ | 46 often | advmod |
| 46 | often | often | ADV | _ | 49 pleased | advmod |
| 47 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 pleased | mark |
| 48 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 pleased | nsubj |
| 49 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 cover | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 kissed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | child not said here | this words | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 2 | kiss | past | child | the little Demophoon Prince | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demophoon=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | sigh | past | child not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | child not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | |||||
| 5 | lose | past · perfect | Demophoon | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | take | past | child not said here | child's departure | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | ||||
| 7 | heed | gerund | child not said here | Queen | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ||||
| 8 | entreat | past | Queen | queen | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | remain | to-infinitive | Queen not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | cover up | infinitive | child not said here | the child | among the hot embers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme child=Destination | |||
| 11 | depart | child | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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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