Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 8
But in my opinion, the most remarkable of this famous company were two sons of the North Wind (airy youngsters, and of rather a blustering disposition) who had wings on their shoulders, and, in case of a calm, could puff out their cheeks, and blow almost as fresh a breeze as their father.
Who acts: remarkable, two sons, case, my · What happens: be, bluster, have, puff out, blow, opine · To what, where: two sons, opinion, wings, shoulders, cheeks, fresh breeze
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 (remarkable, two sons, case, my), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 sons | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 opinion | case |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 opinion | nmod:poss |
| 4 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sons | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 opinion | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 remarkable | det |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 remarkable | advmod |
| 8 | remarkable | remarkable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sons | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 company | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 company | det |
| 11 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 company | amod |
| 12 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 remarkable | nmod |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sons | cop |
| 14 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 sons | nummod |
| 15 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Wind | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Wind | det |
| 18 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Wind | compound |
| 19 | Wind | Wind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sons | nmod |
| 20 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 22 youngsters | punct |
| 21 | airy | airy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 youngsters | amod |
| 22 | youngsters | youngster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 sons | parataxis |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 disposition | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 disposition | cc |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 rather | case |
| 26 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 29 disposition | obl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 disposition | det |
| 28 | blustering | bluster | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 disposition | amod |
| 29 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 youngsters | conj |
| 30 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 22 youngsters | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 had | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sons | parataxis |
| 33 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 had | obj |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 shoulders | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 36 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 had | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 puff | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 puff | cc |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 case | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 case | case |
| 41 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 puff | nsubj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 calm | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 calm | det |
| 44 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 case | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 case | punct |
| 46 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 puff | aux |
| 47 | puff | puff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 had | parataxis |
| 48 | out | out | ADP | _ | 47 puff | compound:prt |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 50 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 puff | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 blow | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 blow | cc |
| 53 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 puff | conj |
| 54 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 56 fresh | advmod |
| 55 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 fresh | case |
| 56 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 breeze | amod |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 breeze | det |
| 58 | breeze | breeze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 blow | obj |
| 59 | as | as | ADP | _ | 61 father | case |
| 60 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 father | nmod:poss |
| 61 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 blow | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 sons | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the remarkable of this famous company | two sons | my opinion | of the North Wind | tree rules | ||
| 2 | bluster speech: other | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | have | past | two sons | wings | wings's shoulders | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | |||
| 4 | puff out | could | case of a calm | wings's cheeks | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cheek=Source | ||||
| 5 | blow | infinitive | case of a calm not said here | a fresh breeze | as wings's father | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent breeze=Patient | |||
| 6 | opine | my | nom opinion «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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