Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 78

In his cavern he had a bed, on which, with great pretense of hospitality, he invited his guests to lie down; but, if they happened to be shorter than the bed, this wicked villain stretched them out by main force; or, if they were too tall, he lopped off their heads or feet, and laughed at what he had done, as an excellent joke.

Who acts: Theseus, guests, wicked villain · What happens: have, invite, lie down, happen, be, stretch out · To what, where: bed, cavern, guests, heads, hospitality

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, guests, wicked villain), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 cavern	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cavern	nmod:poss
3	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bed	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pretense	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	14 pretense	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 pretense	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pretense	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 pretense	case
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pretense	amod
14	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 hospitality	case
16	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pretense	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 invited	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 invited	nsubj
19	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 guests	nmod:poss
21	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 invited	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 lie	mark
23	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 invited	xcomp
24	down	down	ADP	_	23 lie	compound:prt
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 stretched	punct
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 stretched	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 but	punct
28	if	if	SCONJ	_	30 happened	mark
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 happened	nsubj
30	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 stretched	advcl
31	to	to	PART	_	33 shorter	mark
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 shorter	cop
33	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	30 happened	advcl
34	than	than	ADP	_	36 bed	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 bed	det
36	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 shorter	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 happened	punct
38	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	40 villain	det
39	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 villain	amod
40	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 stretched	nsubj
41	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj
42	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 stretched	obj
43	out	out	ADP	_	41 stretched	compound:prt
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 force	case
45	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 force	amod
46	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 stretched	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 lopped	punct
48	or	or	CCONJ	_	57 lopped	cc
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 or	punct
50	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 tall	mark
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 tall	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 tall	cop
53	too	too	ADV	_	54 tall	advmod
54	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 lopped	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 tall	punct
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 lopped	nsubj
57	lopped	lop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	parataxis
58	off	off	ADP	_	57 lopped	compound:prt
59	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 heads	nmod:poss
60	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 lopped	obj
61	or	or	CCONJ	_	62 feet	cc
62	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 heads	conj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 laughed	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 laughed	cc
65	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 lopped	conj
66	at	at	ADP	_	67 what	case
67	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 laughed	obl
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 done	nsubj
69	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 done	aux
70	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	67 what	acl:relcl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 joke	punct
72	as	as	ADP	_	75 joke	case
73	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 joke	det
74	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 joke	amod
75	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 done	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	Theseus	a bed	Theseus's cavern	on great pretense of hospitality	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Patient
2	invite	past	Theseus	Theseus's guests			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient clause=Topic
3	lie down not said to happen	to-infinitive	Theseus's guests not said here				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	happen a condition, not said to happen	past	guests = guest				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	to-infinitive	guests = guest not said here			than the bed; short property	tree rules
6	stretch out	past	this wicked villain	guests = guest		by main force	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
7	is a condition, not said to happen	past	guests = guest			tall property	tree rules
8	lop off	past	Theseus	guests's heads or feet			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
9	laugh	past	Theseus not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	do	past · perfect	Theseus			as a excellent joke	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	pretend			hospitality			nom pretense «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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