Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 48

Each of these monsters was able to carry on a whole war by himself, for with one arm he could fling immense stones, and wield a club with another, and a sword with a third, while the fourth was poking a long spear at the enemy, and the fifth and sixth were shooting him with a bow and arrow.

Who acts: monsters, hereupon, fourth, fifth · What happens: be, carry, fling, wield, poke, shoot · To what, where: whole war, immense stones, club, long spear, fourth

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 (monsters, hereupon, fourth, fifth), 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	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 monsters	det
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 monsters	case
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 monsters	det
4	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 able	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 able	cop
6	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 carry	mark
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 able	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 war	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 war	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 war	amod
12	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 himself	case
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 carry	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fling	punct
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	22 fling	mark
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 arm	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 arm	nummod
19	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fling	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fling	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 fling	aux
22	fling	fling	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 carry	conj
23	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 stones	amod
24	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 fling	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 wield	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 wield	cc
27	wield	wield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 fling	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 club	det
29	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 wield	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 another	case
31	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	27 wield	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 sword	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 sword	cc
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 sword	det
35	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 able	conj
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 third	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 third	det
38	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 sword	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 poking	punct
40	while	while	SCONJ	_	44 poking	mark
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 fourth	det
42	fourth	fourth	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 poking	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 poking	aux
44	poking	poke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 able	parataxis
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 spear	det
46	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 spear	amod
47	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 poking	obj
48	at	at	ADP	_	50 enemy	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 enemy	det
50	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 poking	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 shooting	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 shooting	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 fifth	det
54	fifth	fifth	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 shooting	nsubj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 sixth	cc
56	sixth	sixth	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 fifth	conj
57	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 shooting	aux
58	shooting	shoot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 poking	conj
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 shooting	obj
60	with	with	ADP	_	62 bow	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 bow	det
62	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 shooting	obl
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 arrow	cc
64	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 bow	conj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 able	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	each monsters			able property	tree rules
2	carry	to-infinitive	each monsters not said here		a whole war	by hereupon	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fling	could	hereupon	immense stones		with one arm	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
4	wield	infinitive	hereupon not said here	a club		with another	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Theme
5	poke	past · progressive	the fourth	a long spear		at the enemy	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent spear=Instrument at enemy=Theme
6	shoot	past · progressive	the fifth and sixth	fourth		with a bow and arrow	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with bow=Instrument

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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