Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 1, sentence 29

It was evidently too deep for Jason to wade, and too boisterous for him to swim; he could see no bridge; and as for a boat, had there been any, the rocks would have broken it to pieces in an instant.

Who acts: river, Jason · What happens: be, wade, swim, see, break · To what, where: bridge, rocks

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (river, Jason), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 deep	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deep	cop
3	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	5 deep	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 deep	advmod
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 wade	mark
7	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 wade	nsubj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wade	mark
9	wade	wade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 deep	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 boisterous	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 boisterous	cc
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 boisterous	advmod
13	boisterous	boisterous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deep	conj
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 swim	mark
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 swim	nsubj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 swim	mark
17	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 boisterous	advcl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 see	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 see	nsubj
20	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 see	aux
21	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 deep	conj
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 bridge	det
23	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 see	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 broken	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 had	cc
26	as	as	ADV	_	31 had	advmod
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 boat	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 boat	det
29	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 as	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 as	punct
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 broken	aux
32	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 had	advmod
33	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 broken	aux:pass
34	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	40 broken	det
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 broken	punct
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 rocks	det
37	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 broken	nsubj:pass
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 broken	aux
39	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 broken	aux
40	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 deep	parataxis
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 broken	obj
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 pieces	case
43	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 broken	obl
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 instant	case
45	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 instant	det
46	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 pieces	nmod
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 deep	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	river		deep, evidently property	tree rules
2	wade	to-infinitive	Jason			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be		river not said here			tree rules
4	swim	to-infinitive	Jason			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	could	Jason	no bridge		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus
6	break	would · past · perfect · passive		the rocks	to pieces in a instant	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient it=Result

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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