Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 73
On the third day, therefore, he bade a respectful farewell to his grandfather, thanking him for all his kindness; and, after affectionately embracing his mother, he set forth with a good many of her tears glistening on his cheeks, and some, if the truth must be told, that had gushed out of his own eyes.
Who acts: Theseus, good many tears · What happens: thank, embrace, set, glisten, tell, gush · To what, where: Theseus, mother, cheeks, truth, some, own eyes · 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, good many tears), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bade | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 6 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 4 day | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bade | nsubj |
| 9 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 farewell | det |
| 11 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 farewell | amod |
| 12 | farewell | farewell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bade | appos |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 grandfather | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 15 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 farewell | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 thanking | punct |
| 17 | thanking | thank | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 bade | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 thanking | obj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 kindness | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 kindness | det:predet |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 22 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 thanking | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 embracing | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 embracing | cc |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 embracing | punct |
| 26 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 28 embracing | mark |
| 27 | affectionately | affectionately | ADV | _ | 28 embracing | advmod |
| 28 | embracing | embrace | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 bade | conj |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 mother | nmod:poss |
| 30 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 embracing | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 set | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 set | nsubj |
| 33 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 embracing | conj |
| 34 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 33 set | advmod |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 tears | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 tears | det |
| 37 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 tears | amod |
| 38 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 tears | amod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 tears | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 tears | nmod:poss |
| 41 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 set | obl |
| 42 | glistening | glisten | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 tears | acl |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 cheeks | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 45 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 glistening | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 gushed | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 gushed | cc |
| 48 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 59 gushed | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 some | punct |
| 50 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 55 told | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 truth | det |
| 52 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 told | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 told | aux |
| 54 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 55 told | aux:pass |
| 55 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 some | acl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 gushed | punct |
| 57 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 gushed | nsubj |
| 58 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 gushed | aux |
| 59 | gushed | gush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 embracing | conj |
| 60 | out | out | ADP | _ | 64 eyes | case |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 eyes | case |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 63 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 eyes | amod |
| 64 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 gushed | obl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bade | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | gerund | Theseus | for Theseus's kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for kindness=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | embrace | gerund | Theseus's mother | affectionately property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | set | past | Theseus | with mother's good many tears; forth property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tear=Instrument | ||||
| 4 | glisten | gerund | mother's good many tears not said here | Theseus's cheeks | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cheek=Location | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | must · passive | the truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 6 | gush | past · perfect · passive | some | Theseus's own eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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