Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 1, sentence 85
Thus, by the time he reached his journey's end, Theseus had done many valiant feats with his father's golden-hilted sword, and had gained the renown of being one of the bravest young men of the day.
Who acts: sow, Theseus · What happens: reach, do, hilt, gain, be, journey · To what, where: end, many valiant feats, renown
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 (sow, Theseus), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 7 reached | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thus | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reached | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reached | nsubj |
| 7 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 journey | nmod:poss |
| 9 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 end | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 journey | case |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reached | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 13 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 done | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 done | aux |
| 15 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 reached | advcl |
| 16 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 feats | amod |
| 17 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 feats | amod |
| 18 | feats | feat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 done | obj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 sword | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 father | nmod:poss |
| 21 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sword | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 father | case |
| 23 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 sword | amod |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 golden | punct |
| 25 | hilted | hilt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 sword | amod |
| 26 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 feats | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gained | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 gained | cc |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 gained | aux |
| 30 | gained | gain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 reached | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 renown | det |
| 32 | renown | renown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gained | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 one | case |
| 34 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 one | cop |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 renown | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 men | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 men | det |
| 38 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 men | amod |
| 39 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 men | amod |
| 40 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 one | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 day | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 day | det |
| 43 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 men | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | sow | sow's journey's end | time | thus property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme | ||
| 2 | do | past · perfect | Theseus | many valiant feats | with sow's father's golden hilted sword | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feat=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | hilt | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | gain | past · perfect | sow not said here | the renown | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent renown=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | gerund | of one; of the bravest young men of the day | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | journey | sow | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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