Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 82

But if you will believe me, the sea would not pollute itself by receiving such a bad person into its bosom; neither would the earth, having once got rid of him, consent to take him back; so that, between the cliff and the sea, Scinis stuck fast in the air, which was forced to bear the burden of his naughtiness.

Who acts: you, sea, having, Scinis, air · What happens: believe, not pollute, receive, have, get, take back · To what, where: me, sea, bad person, bosom, earth, person

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 (you, sea, having, Scinis), 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 pollute	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 believe	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 believe	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 believe	aux
5	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 pollute	advcl
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 believe	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 believe	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pollute	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 pollute	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 pollute	advmod
12	pollute	pollute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 pollute	obj
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 receiving	mark
15	receiving	receive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 pollute	advcl
16	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	19 person	det:predet
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 person	det
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 person	amod
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receiving	obj
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 bosom	case
21	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 bosom	nmod:poss
22	bosom	bosom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receiving	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 earth	punct
24	neither	neither	ADV	_	27 earth	advmod
25	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 earth	aux
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 earth	det
27	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pollute	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 having	punct
29	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 got	csubj
30	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	29 having	advmod
31	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 earth	acl:relcl
32	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 got	xcomp
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 him	case
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 rid	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 consent	punct
36	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 earth	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 take	mark
38	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 consent	acl
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 take	obj
40	back	back	ADV	_	38 take	advmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 stuck	punct
42	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	53 stuck	mark
43	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 so	fixed
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 so	punct
45	between	between	ADP	_	47 cliff	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 cliff	det
47	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 stuck	obl
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 sea	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 sea	det
50	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 cliff	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 cliff	punct
52	Scinis	Scinis	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 stuck	nsubj
53	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pollute	parataxis
54	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 stuck	advmod
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 air	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 air	det
57	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 stuck	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 forced	punct
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 forced	nsubj:pass
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 forced	aux:pass
61	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 air	acl:relcl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 bear	mark
63	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 forced	xcomp
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 burden	det
65	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 bear	obj
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 naughtiness	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 naughtiness	nmod:poss
68	naughtiness	naughtiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 burden	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 pollute	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	believe a condition, not said to happen	future	you		me			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2	not pollute	would	the sea	sea			the earth and consent obl	tree rules
3	receive	gerund	the sea not said here	such bad person		sea's bosom		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
4	have	gerund					once property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	get	past	having	the earth and consent not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	take back	to-infinitive	the sea not said here		person			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
7	stick	past	Scinis			the air	between the cliff and the sea; fast property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between cliff=Destination
8	force	past · passive		the air				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
9	bear	to-infinitive	the air not said here	the burden of Scinis's naughtiness				vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Patient
10	bosom		sea					nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent
11	burden			Scinis's naughtiness				nom burden «cognition 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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