Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 72

Forthwith the fifty heroes set heartily to work, banging with might and main, and raised such a terrible clatter, that the birds made what haste they could to get away; and though they had shot half the feathers out of their wings, they were soon seen skimming among the clouds, a long distance off, and looking like a flock of wild geese.

Who acts: birds · What happens: set, work, bang, raise, make, get away · To what, where: fifty heroes, terrible clatter, birds, wings

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 (birds), 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	Forthwith	forthwith	ADP	_	4 heroes	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heroes	det
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 heroes	nummod
4	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 raised	obl
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 heroes	acl
6	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	5 set	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 set	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 banging	punct
10	banging	bang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 work	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 might	case
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 banging	aux
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 main	cc
14	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 might	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 raised	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 raised	cc
17	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	21 clatter	det:predet
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 clatter	det
20	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 clatter	amod
21	clatter	clatter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 raised	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 made	punct
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 made	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 birds	det
25	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 made	nsubj
26	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 raised	conj
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 made	obj
28	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 could	nsubj
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 could	nsubj
30	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 what	acl:relcl
31	to	to	PART	_	32 get	mark
32	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 could	advcl
33	away	away	ADV	_	32 get	advmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 shot	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 shot	cc
36	though	though	SCONJ	_	39 shot	mark
37	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 shot	nsubj:pass
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 shot	aux
39	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 raised	advcl
40	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	42 feathers	det:predet
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 feathers	det
42	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 shot	obj
43	out	out	ADP	_	46 wings	case
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 wings	case
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 wings	nmod:poss
46	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 shot	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 seen	punct
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 seen	nsubj
49	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 seen	aux:pass
50	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	51 seen	advmod
51	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 shot	conj
52	skimming	skim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 seen	xcomp
53	among	among	ADP	_	55 clouds	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 clouds	det
55	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 skimming	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 distance	punct
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 distance	det
58	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 distance	amod
59	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 clouds	conj
60	off	off	ADP	_	52 skimming	compound:prt
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 looking	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 looking	cc
63	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 seen	advcl
64	like	like	ADP	_	66 flock	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 flock	det
66	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 looking	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 geese	case
68	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 geese	amod
69	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 flock	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 raised	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	set	participle		the fifty heroes not said here		heartily property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	work	to-infinitive					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bang	might					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	raise	past		such terrible clatter		forthwith the fifty heroes	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clatter=Theme
5	make	past	the birds				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product
6	get away	to-infinitive	the birds not said here			away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	shoot	past · perfect · passive		birds = bird	birds's wings		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination feather=Theme
8	see	past · passive		birds = bird		soon property	tree rules
9	skim off	gerund	birds = bird not said here			among the clouds and a long distance	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent
10	look	gerund				like a flock of wild geese	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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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