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Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 5, sentence 13

But Quicksilver (whose eyes were very keen, and his wits the sharpest that ever anybody had) perceived that the child was a little confused; and seeing the empty salver, he suspected that she had been taking a sly nibble of something or other.

Who acts: Quicksilver, anybody, wits, child, Proserpina · What happens: be, have, perceive, see, suspect, take · To what, where: wits, empty salver, sly nibble

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Quicksilver, anybody, wits, child), 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

ccnsubjpunctnmod:possnsubjcopadvmodpunctccnmod:possnsubjdetnmodobjadvmodnsubjacl:relclpunctparataxismarkdetnsubjcopdetobl:unmarkedadvclpunctccadvcldetamodobjpunctnsubjconjmarknsubjauxauxadvcldetamodobjcasenmodccconjpunctrootButCCONJQuicksilverNOUN(PUNCTwhosePRONeyesNOUNwereAUXveryADVkeenADJ,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONwitsNOUNtheDETsharpestADJthatPRONeverADVanybodyPRONhadVERB)PUNCTperceivedVERBthatSCONJtheDETchildNOUNwasAUXaDETlittleADJconfusedADJ;PUNCTandCCONJseeingVERBtheDETemptyADJsalverNOUN,PUNCThePRONsuspectedVERBthatSCONJshePRONhadAUXbeenAUXtakingVERBaDETslyADJnibbleNOUNofADPsomethingPRONorCCONJotherADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_8 keencc
2QuicksilverquicksilverNOUNNumber=Sing8 keennsubj
3((PUNCT_8 keenpunct
4whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel5 eyesnmod:poss
5eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur8 keennsubj
6werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 keencop
7veryveryADV_8 keenadvmod
8keenkeenADJDegree=Posrootroot
9,,PUNCT_12 witspunct
10andandCCONJ_12 witscc
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 witsnmod:poss
12witswitNOUNNumber=Plur20 perceivednsubj
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 sharpestdet
14sharpestsharpADJDegree=Sup12 witsnmod
15thatthatPRONPronType=Rel18 hadobj
16evereverADVPronType=Ind17 anybodyadvmod
17anybodyanybodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind18 hadnsubj
18hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 witsacl:relcl
19))PUNCT_12 witspunct
20perceivedperceiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 keenparataxis
21thatthatSCONJ_27 confusedmark
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 childdet
23childchildNOUNNumber=Sing27 confusednsubj
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 confusedcop
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 littledet
26littlelittleADJDegree=Pos27 confusedobl:unmarked
27confusedconfusedADJDegree=Pos20 perceivedadvcl
28;;PUNCT_36 suspectedpunct
29andandCCONJ_36 suspectedcc
30seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 suspectedadvcl
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 salverdet
32emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos33 salveramod
33salversalverNOUNNumber=Sing30 seeingobj
34,,PUNCT_30 seeingpunct
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 suspectednsubj
36suspectedsuspectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 keenconj
37thatthatSCONJ_41 takingmark
38sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 takingnsubj
39hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 takingaux
40beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part41 takingaux
41takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 suspectedadvcl
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 nibbledet
43slyslyADJDegree=Pos44 nibbleamod
44nibblenibbleNOUNNumber=Sing41 takingobj
45ofofADP_46 somethingcase
46somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind44 nibblenmod
47ororCCONJ_48 othercc
48otherotherADJDegree=Pos46 somethingconj
49..PUNCT_8 keenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastQuicksilverkeen propertytree rules
2havepastanybodyQuicksilver's wits the sharpestvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
3perceivepastQuicksilver's wits the sharpestvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4ispastthe childa little obl:unmarked; confused propertytree rules
5seegerundchild not said herethe empty salvervn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salver=Stimulus
6suspectpastchildvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
7takepast · perfect · progressiveProserpinaa sly nibble of somethingvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nibble=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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