Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 2, sentence 108

Some of them had already fought with giants, and slain dragons; and the younger ones, who had not yet met with such good fortune, thought it a shame to have lived so long without getting astride of a flying serpent, or sticking their spears into a Chimaera, or, at least, thrusting their right arms down a monstrous lion's throat.

Who acts: Some, younger ones · What happens: fight, not meet, think, live, get, fly · To what, where: slain dragons, fortune, astride, spears, right arms, least

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 (Some, younger ones), 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	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 fought	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Some	nmod
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fought	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 fought	advmod
6	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 giants	case
8	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fought	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dragons	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dragons	cc
11	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dragons	amod
12	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fought	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 ones	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ones	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ones	det
16	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 ones	amod
17	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fought	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 met	punct
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 met	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 met	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 met	advmod
22	yet	yet	ADV	_	23 met	advmod
23	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 ones	acl:relcl
24	with	with	ADP	_	27 fortune	case
25	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 fortune	amod
26	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 fortune	amod
27	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 met	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 thought	punct
29	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fought	parataxis
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 thought	obj
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 shame	det
32	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 thought	obj
33	to	to	PART	_	35 lived	mark
34	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 lived	aux
35	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 shame	acl
36	so	so	ADV	_	37 long	advmod
37	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	35 lived	advmod
38	without	without	SCONJ	_	39 getting	mark
39	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 lived	advcl
40	astride	astride	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 getting	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	44 serpent	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 serpent	det
43	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 serpent	amod
44	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 astride	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 sticking	punct
46	or	or	CCONJ	_	47 sticking	cc
47	sticking	stick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 getting	conj
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 spears	nmod:poss
49	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 sticking	obj
50	into	into	ADP	_	52 Chimaera	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 Chimaera	det
52	Chimaera	Chimaera	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 sticking	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 thrusting	punct
54	or	or	CCONJ	_	59 thrusting	cc
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 or	punct
56	at	at	ADP	_	57 least	case
57	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	59 thrusting	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 thrusting	punct
59	thrusting	thrust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 thought	advcl
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 arms	nmod:poss
61	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 arms	amod
62	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 thrusting	obj
63	down	down	ADV	_	59 thrusting	advmod
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 lion	det
65	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 lion	amod
66	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 throat	nmod:poss
67	's	's	PART	_	66 lion	case
68	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 thrusting	obj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past · perfect	Some	slain dragons			with giants; the younger ones obl	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with giant=Co-Agent
2	not meet	past · perfect	the younger ones			yet	with such good fortune	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with fortune=Co-Agent
3	think speech: other	past		fortune				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme shame=Attribute
4	live	to-infinitive · perfect					long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	get	gerund		astride of a flying serpent				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer astride=Stimulus
6	fly	gerund						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	stick	gerund		dangers's spears			into a Chimaera	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spear=Theme into chimaera=Destination
8	thrust	gerund		dangers's right arms	least		down property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent arm=Destination throat=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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