Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 100
But, while he waited at the door, the nephews ran and told King Aegeus that a young man had arrived in Athens, who, to their certain knowledge, intended to put him to death, and get possession of his royal crown.
Who acts: Theseus, nephews, young man · What happens: wait, run, tell, arrive, intend, put · To what, where: door, King Aegeus, Athens, certain knowledge, Theseus, possession · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Theseus, nephews, young man), 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 | _ | 12 ran | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 But | punct |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 waited | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 waited | nsubj |
| 5 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ran | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 waited | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 waited | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 nephews | det |
| 11 | nephews | nephew | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 told | cc |
| 14 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ran | conj |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Aegeus | compound |
| 16 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 told | iobj |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 arrived | mark |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 19 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 man | amod |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 arrived | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 arrived | aux |
| 22 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 told | ccomp |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 Athens | case |
| 24 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 arrived | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 knowledge | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 knowledge | nsubj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 knowledge | punct |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 knowledge | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 30 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 knowledge | amod |
| 31 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Athens | appos |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 intended | punct |
| 33 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 knowledge | acl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 put | mark |
| 35 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 intended | xcomp |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 put | obj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 death | case |
| 38 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 put | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 get | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 get | cc |
| 41 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ran | conj |
| 42 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 get | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 crown | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 crown | nmod:poss |
| 45 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 crown | amod |
| 46 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 possession | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | Theseus | the door | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location | ||||
| 2 | run | past | the nephews | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | the nephews not said here | King Aegeus | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent aegeus=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | arrive | past · perfect | a young man | Athens | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | intend | participle | nephews's certain knowledge not said here | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | put not said to happen | to-infinitive | Theseus | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ||||
| 7 | get | infinitive | the nephews not said here | possession of Theseus's royal crown | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possession=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | possess | Theseus's royal crown | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | crown | Theseus | nom crown «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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