Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 2, sentence 105

He lost no time in sending messengers to all the cities, and making known to the whole people of Greece, that Prince Jason, the son of King Jason, was going in quest of the Fleece of Gold, and that he desired the help of forty-nine of the bravest and strongest young men alive, to row his vessel and share his dangers.

Who acts: deed, time, Fleece · What happens: lose, send, know, go, desire, row · To what, where: messengers, cities, Prince Jason, quest, help, vessel

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., 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 (deed, time, Fleece), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 sending	mark
6	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 time	acl
7	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sending	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 cities	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 cities	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cities	det
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sending	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 known	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 known	cc
14	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 known	aux:pass
15	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 people	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 people	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 known	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Greece	case
21	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 people	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Jason	punct
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 Jason	mark
24	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Jason	compound
25	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 known	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 son	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 son	det
28	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Jason	appos
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 Jason	case
30	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Jason	nmod:desc
31	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 son	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 going	punct
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 going	aux
34	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lost	advcl
35	in	in	ADP	_	36 quest	case
36	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 going	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 Fleece	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Fleece	det
39	Fleece	fleece	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 quest	nmod
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 Gold	case
41	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Fleece	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 desired	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 desired	cc
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 desired	mark
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 desired	nsubj
46	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 help	det
48	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 desired	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	52 nine	case
50	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	52 nine	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	52 nine	punct
52	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 help	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	59 men	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 men	det
55	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	59 men	amod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 strongest	cc
57	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	55 bravest	conj
58	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 men	amod
59	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 nine	nmod
60	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 men	amod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 row	punct
62	to	to	PART	_	63 row	mark
63	row	row	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	46 desired	parataxis
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 vessel	nmod:poss
65	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 row	obj
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 share	cc
67	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	63 row	conj
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 dangers	nmod:poss
69	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 share	obj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lost	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	deed			time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	gerund	no time not said here	messengers	all cities			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to city=Destination
3	know	gerund · passive	deed not said here	Prince Jason			to the whole people of Greece	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»
4	go	past · progressive	deed not said here		quest of the Fleece of Gold			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in quest=Location
5	desire	past	deed	the help of forty nine of the bravest young men				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
6	row	to-infinitive		deed's vessel				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme
7	share	infinitive		deed's dangers				tree rules
8	quest		the Fleece of Gold					nom quest «cognition 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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