Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 107

According to some stories, she was in the habit of boiling old people in a large caldron, under pretense of making them young again; but King Aegeus, I suppose, did not fancy such an uncomfortable way of growing young, or perhaps was contented to be old, and therefore would never let himself be popped into the caldron.

Who acts: Medea, pretense, I, uncomfortable way, Aegeus · What happens: accord, be, make, suppose, not fancy, grow · To what, where: stories, people, uncomfortable way, Aegeus, caldron · 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 (Medea, pretense, I, uncomfortable way), 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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 habit	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 stories	case
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 stories	det
4	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 According	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 According	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 habit	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 habit	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 habit	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 habit	det
10	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 people	case
12	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 old	obl:unmarked
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 people	amod
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 habit	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 caldron	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 caldron	det
17	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 caldron	amod
18	caldron	caldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 people	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 pretense	punct
20	under	under	ADP	_	21 pretense	case
21	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 habit	conj
22	of	of	SCONJ	_	23 making	mark
23	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 pretense	acl
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 making	obj
25	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 making	xcomp
26	again	again	ADV	_	25 young	advmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 Aegeus	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 Aegeus	cc
29	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Aegeus	compound
30	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 habit	appos
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 suppose	punct
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 suppose	nsubj
33	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 Aegeus	parataxis
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 fancy	punct
35	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 fancy	aux
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 fancy	advmod
37	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 suppose	ccomp
38	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	41 way	det:predet
39	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 way	det
40	uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 way	amod
41	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 fancy	obl
42	of	of	SCONJ	_	43 growing	mark
43	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	41 way	acl
44	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 growing	xcomp
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 contented	punct
46	or	or	CCONJ	_	49 contented	cc
47	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	49 contented	advmod
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 contented	aux:pass
49	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 fancy	parataxis
50	to	to	PART	_	52 old	mark
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 old	cop
52	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 contented	xcomp
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 let	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 let	cc
55	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	58 let	advmod
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 let	aux
57	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	58 let	advmod
58	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 suppose	conj
59	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	58 let	obj
60	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	61 popped	aux:pass
61	popped	pop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 let	xcomp
62	into	into	ADP	_	64 caldron	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 caldron	det
64	caldron	caldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 popped	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 Aegeus	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			to some stories goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to story=Goal
2	is	past	Medea		accord the habit and pretense; of old people in a large caldron	tree rules
3	make	gerund	pretense not said here	people	young property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
4	suppose	present	I			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not fancy	past · do-support		such uncomfortable way		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	grow	gerund	such uncomfortable way not said here		young property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	content	past · passive			perhaps property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
8	is	to-infinitive			old property	tree rules
9	not let	would	I not said here	Aegeus	therefore property	tree rules
10	pop	infinitive · passive	Aegeus not said here		into the caldron result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: into caldron=Result

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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