Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 3, sentence 81
According to their account, the tree on which it hung was guarded by a terrible dragon, who never failed to devour, at one mouthful, every person who might venture within his reach.
Who acts: account, terrible dragon, person, princes · What happens: accord, hang, guard, not fail, devour, venture · To what, where: account, tree, one mouthful
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 (account, terrible dragon, person, princes), 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 | According | accord | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 tree | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 account | case |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 account | nmod:poss |
| 4 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 According | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 According | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guarded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 hung | obl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hung | nsubj |
| 11 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tree | acl:relcl |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 guarded | aux:pass |
| 13 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 dragon | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 dragon | det |
| 16 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 dragon | amod |
| 17 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guarded | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 failed | punct |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 failed | nsubj |
| 20 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 failed | advmod |
| 21 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 dragon | acl:relcl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 devour | mark |
| 23 | devour | devour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 failed | xcomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 mouthful | punct |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 mouthful | case |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 mouthful | nummod |
| 27 | mouthful | mouthful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 devour | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 person | punct |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 person | det |
| 30 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 mouthful | appos |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 venture | nsubj |
| 32 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 venture | aux |
| 33 | venture | venture | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 person | acl:relcl |
| 34 | within | within | ADP | _ | 36 reach | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 reach | nmod:poss |
| 36 | reach | reach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 venture | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 guarded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | to princes's account goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to account=Goal | |||||
| 2 | hang | past | account | the tree | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | ||||
| 3 | guard | past · passive | a terrible dragon | the tree | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | not fail | past | a terrible dragon | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | devour | to-infinitive | a terrible dragon not said here | one mouthful | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouthful=Patient | ||||
| 6 | venture | might | every person | within person's reach | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | account | princes = prince | nom account «communication 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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