Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 3

And there were Castor and Pollux, the twin brothers, who were never accused of being chicken-hearted, although they had been hatched out of an egg; and Theseus, who was so renowned for killing the Minotaur, and Lynceus, with his wonderfully sharp eyes, which could see through a millstone, or look right down into the depths of the earth, and discover the treasures that were there; and Orpheus, the very best of harpers, who sang and played upon his lyre so sweetly, that the brute beasts stood upon their hind legs, and capered merrily to the music.

Who acts: twin brothers, Castor, Theseus, sharp eyes, treasures, harpers · What happens: be, brother, not accuse, hatch out, kill, see · To what, where: twin brothers, brothers, egg, Minotaur, millstone, treasures

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 (twin brothers, Castor, Theseus, sharp eyes), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 were	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 were	expl
3	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Castor	Castor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 brothers	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Pollux	cc
6	Pollux	Pollux	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Castor	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 brothers	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brothers	det
9	twin	twin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brothers	compound
10	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 accused	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 accused	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 accused	aux:pass
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 accused	advmod
15	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 brothers	acl:relcl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 chicken	case
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 chicken	cop
18	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hearted	obl
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 chicken	punct
20	hearted	hearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 accused	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 hatched	punct
22	although	although	SCONJ	_	26 hatched	mark
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 hatched	nsubj:pass
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 hatched	aux
25	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	26 hatched	aux:pass
26	hatched	hatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 accused	conj
27	out	out	ADP	_	30 egg	case
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 egg	case
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 egg	det
30	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 hatched	obl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	84 best	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 best	cc
33	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 best	nsubj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 renowned	punct
35	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 renowned	nsubj
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 renowned	cop
37	so	so	ADV	_	38 renowned	advmod
38	renowned	renowned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Theseus	amod
39	for	for	SCONJ	_	40 killing	mark
40	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 renowned	advcl
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Minotaur	det
42	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 killing	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Lynceus	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 Lynceus	cc
45	Lynceus	Lynceus	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Theseus	appos
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 eyes	punct
47	with	with	ADP	_	51 eyes	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 eyes	nmod:poss
49	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	_	50 sharp	advmod
50	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 eyes	amod
51	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 Lynceus	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 see	punct
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 see	nsubj
54	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 see	aux
55	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 eyes	acl:relcl
56	through	through	ADP	_	58 millstone	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 millstone	det
58	millstone	millstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 see	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 look	punct
60	or	or	CCONJ	_	61 look	cc
61	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	55 see	parataxis
62	right	right	ADV	_	63 down	advmod
63	down	down	ADV	_	61 look	advmod
64	into	into	ADP	_	66 depths	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 depths	det
66	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 look	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 earth	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 earth	det
69	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 depths	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 discover	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 discover	cc
72	discover	discover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	61 look	conj
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 treasures	det
74	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 discover	obj
75	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	77 there	nsubj
76	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 there	cop
77	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	74 treasures	acl:relcl
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 Orpheus	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 Orpheus	cc
80	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Theseus	conj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 best	punct
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 best	det
83	very	very	ADV	_	84 best	advmod
84	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 were	nsubj
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 harpers	case
86	harpers	harper	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 best	nmod
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 sang	punct
88	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	89 sang	nsubj
89	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 harpers	acl:relcl
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 played	cc
91	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 sang	conj
92	upon	upon	ADP	_	94 lyre	case
93	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	94 lyre	nmod:poss
94	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 played	obl
95	so	so	ADV	_	96 sweetly	advmod
96	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	_	91 played	advmod
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 stood	punct
98	that	that	SCONJ	_	102 stood	mark
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 beasts	det
100	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	101 beasts	amod
101	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 stood	nsubj
102	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 played	conj
103	upon	upon	ADP	_	106 legs	case
104	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	106 legs	nmod:poss
105	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	106 legs	amod
106	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 stood	obl
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 capered	punct
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 capered	cc
109	capered	caper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	102 stood	conj
110	merrily	merrily	ADV	_	109 capered	advmod
111	to	to	ADP	_	113 music	case
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	113 music	det
113	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 capered	obl
114	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 were	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	the twin brothers		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	brother		Castor and Pollux				tree rules
3	not accuse	past · passive		the twin brothers			vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme
4	is	gerund				of chicken	tree rules
5	hatch out	past · perfect · passive		brothers = brother	a egg		tree rules
6	is	past	Theseus and Orpheus			renowned property	tree rules
7	kill	gerund	Theseus and Orpheus not said here	the Minotaur			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minotaur=Theme
8	see	could	chicken's sharp eyes		a millstone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	look	infinitive				into the depths of the earth; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into depth=Theme
10	discover	infinitive		the treasures			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic
11	is	past	the treasures			there property	tree rules
12	sing speech: express	past	harpers				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
13	play	past	harpers not said here			upon Orpheus's lyre; sweetly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	stand	past	the brute beasts		beasts's hind legs		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon leg=Location
15	caper	past	the brute beasts not said here		the music	merrily property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to music=Destination

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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