Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 83
After these memorable deeds, Theseus heard of an enormous sow, which ran wild, and was the terror of all the farmers round about; and, as he did not consider himself above doing any good thing that came in his way, he killed this monstrous creature, and gave the carcass to the poor people for bacon.
Who acts: Theseus, enormous sow, good thing · What happens: hear, run, be, not consider, do, come · To what, where: terror, Theseus, good thing, way, monstrous creature, carcass
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, enormous sow, good thing), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 deeds | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 deeds | det |
| 3 | memorable | memorable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 deeds | amod |
| 4 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 heard | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 deeds | punct |
| 6 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | nsubj |
| 7 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sow | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sow | det |
| 10 | enormous | enormous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sow | amod |
| 11 | sow | sow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 ran | nsubj |
| 14 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sow | acl:relcl |
| 15 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ran | xcomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 terror | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 terror | cc |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 terror | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 terror | det |
| 20 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | conj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 farmers | case |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 farmers | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 farmers | det |
| 24 | farmers | farmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 terror | nmod |
| 25 | round | round | ADV | _ | 24 farmers | advmod |
| 26 | about | about | ADV | _ | 25 round | advmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 consider | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 consider | cc |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 and | punct |
| 30 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 consider | mark |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 consider | nsubj |
| 32 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 consider | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 consider | advmod |
| 34 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 heard | conj |
| 35 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 consider | obj |
| 36 | above | above | ADP | _ | 37 doing | mark |
| 37 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 consider | advcl |
| 38 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 thing | det |
| 39 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 thing | amod |
| 40 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 doing | obj |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 came | nsubj |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 thing | acl:relcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 way | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 way | nmod:poss |
| 45 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 came | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 killed | punct |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 killed | nsubj |
| 48 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 heard | conj |
| 49 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 creature | det |
| 50 | monstrous | monstrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 creature | amod |
| 51 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 killed | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 gave | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 gave | cc |
| 54 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 heard | conj |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 carcass | det |
| 56 | carcass | carcass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 gave | obj |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 people | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 people | det |
| 59 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 people | amod |
| 60 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 gave | obl |
| 61 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 bacon | case |
| 62 | bacon | bacon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 gave | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Theseus | after this memorable deeds | of a enormous sow | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of sow=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | run | past | a enormous sow | wild property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | Theseus not said here | the terror | of all farmers | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not consider | past · do-support | Theseus | Theseus | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | do | gerund | Theseus not said here | any good thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | come | past | any good thing | Theseus's way | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location | ||||
| 7 | kill | past | Theseus | this monstrous creature | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | ||||
| 8 | give | past | Theseus not said here | the carcass | the poor people | for bacon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme to people=Recipient for bacon=Asset |
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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