Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 11
Lynceus, on account of his sharp sight, was stationed as a look-out in the prow, where he saw a whole day's sail ahead, but was rather apt to overlook things that lay directly under his nose.
Who acts: look out, Jason, things · What happens: station, see, be, overlook, lay, account · To what, where: Lynceus, sail, things, nose, sharp sight
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (look out, Jason, things), 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 | Lynceus | Lynceus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 stationed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 account | punct |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 account | case |
| 4 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lynceus | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sight | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sight | amod |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 account | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lynceus | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stationed | aux:pass |
| 11 | stationed | station | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 out | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 out | det |
| 14 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 out | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 look | punct |
| 16 | out | out | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stationed | obl:agent |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 prow | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prow | det |
| 19 | prow | prow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 out | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saw | punct |
| 21 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 23 saw | advmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 saw | nsubj |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 prow | acl:relcl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 day | det |
| 25 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 day | amod |
| 26 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 sail | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 day | case |
| 28 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 saw | obj |
| 29 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 23 saw | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 apt | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 apt | cc |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 apt | cop |
| 33 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 34 apt | advmod |
| 34 | apt | apt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stationed | conj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 overlook | mark |
| 36 | overlook | overlook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 apt | csubj |
| 37 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 overlook | obj |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 lay | nsubj |
| 39 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 things | acl:relcl |
| 40 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 39 lay | advmod |
| 41 | under | under | ADP | _ | 43 nose | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 nose | nmod:poss |
| 43 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lay | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 stationed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | station | past · passive | a look out in the prow | Lynceus | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Jason | a whole day's sail | ahead property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sail=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is | past | a look out in the prow not said here | apt property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | overlook | to-infinitive | things | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | |||||
| 5 | lay | present | things | Jason's nose | directly property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under nose=Destination | |||
| 6 | account | Jason's sharp sight | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | sight | Jason | nom sight «cognition transitive»: 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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