Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece., part 5, sentence 49
He could think of nothing better to be done than to summon together his forty-nine brave Argonauts, march at once to the Grove of Mars, slay the dragon, take possession of the Golden Fleece, get on board the Argo, and spread all sail for Iolchos.
Who acts: Jason · What happens: think, do, summon, slay, take, get · To what, where: nine brave Argonauts, dragon, possession, Argo, sail, Golden Fleece · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Golden Fleece., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jason), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 nothing | case |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 think | obl |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 nothing | amod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 done | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 done | aux:pass |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 think | ccomp |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 done | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 summon | mark |
| 12 | summon | summon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 done | advcl |
| 13 | together | together | ADV | _ | 12 summon | advmod |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 Argonauts | nmod:poss |
| 15 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 nine | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 forty | punct |
| 17 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 Argonauts | nummod |
| 18 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Argonauts | amod |
| 19 | Argonauts | argonaut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 summon | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 march | punct |
| 21 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Argonauts | conj |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 once | case |
| 23 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 summon | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Grove | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Grove | det |
| 26 | Grove | Grove | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 once | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Mars | case |
| 28 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Grove | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 slay | punct |
| 30 | slay | slay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | parataxis |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 dragon | det |
| 32 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 slay | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 take | punct |
| 34 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 30 slay | conj |
| 35 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 take | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Fleece | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Fleece | det |
| 38 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Fleece | amod |
| 39 | Fleece | Fleece | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 possession | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 get | punct |
| 41 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 34 take | conj |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 Argo | case |
| 43 | board | board | ADP | _ | 45 Argo | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Argo | det |
| 45 | Argo | Argo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 get | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 spread | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 spread | cc |
| 48 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | conj |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 sail | det |
| 50 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 spread | obj |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 Iolchos | case |
| 52 | Iolchos | Iolchos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 sail | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | could | Jason | of nothing | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive · passive | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 3 | summon | to-infinitive | Jason's nine brave Argonauts and march | once, together property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argonaut=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | slay | infinitive | the dragon | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | |||||
| 5 | take | infinitive | possession of the Golden Fleece | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | |||||
| 6 | get | infinitive | the Argo | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on argo=Source | |||||
| 7 | spread | past | Jason not said here | all sail | for Iolchos | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | |||
| 8 | possess | the Golden Fleece | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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