Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 2, sentence 102

"It is because I am a prince, your son, and the rightful heir of your kingdom, that I freely take upon me the calamity of your subjects," answered Theseus, "And you, my father, being king over these people, and answerable to Heaven for their welfare, are bound to sacrifice what is dearest to you, rather than that the son or daughter of the poorest citizen should come to any harm."

Who acts: right, prince, Theseus, son · What happens: be, take, answer, bind, sacrifice, come · To what, where: prince, king, you, harm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (right, prince, Theseus, son), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 prince	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prince	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prince	cop
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 prince	mark
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 prince	nsubj
6	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prince	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 take	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 son	punct
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prince	vocative
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 heir	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 heir	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 heir	det
15	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 heir	amod
16	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prince	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 kingdom	case
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 kingdom	nmod:poss
19	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heir	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 take	punct
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 take	mark
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 take	nsubj
23	freely	freely	ADV	_	24 take	advmod
24	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	26 me	case
26	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 take	obl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 calamity	det
28	calamity	calamity	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 answered	nsubj
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 subjects	case
30	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 subjects	nmod:poss
31	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 answered	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 subjects	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 subjects	punct
34	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 take	parataxis
35	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 answered	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 answered	punct
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 answered	punct
38	And	and	CCONJ	_	59 bound	cc
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 bound	nsubj:pass
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 father	punct
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 father	nmod:poss
42	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 you	appos
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 king	punct
44	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 king	cop
45	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 father	appos
46	over	over	ADP	_	48 people	case
47	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	48 people	det
48	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 king	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 answerable	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 answerable	cc
51	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 father	conj
52	to	to	ADP	_	53 Heaven	case
53	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 answerable	obl
54	for	for	ADP	_	56 welfare	case
55	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 welfare	nmod:poss
56	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 answerable	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 father	punct
58	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 bound	aux:pass
59	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 answered	conj
60	to	to	PART	_	61 sacrifice	mark
61	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 bound	xcomp
62	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	64 dearest	nsubj
63	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 dearest	cop
64	dearest	dear	ADJ	Degree=Sup	61 sacrifice	obj
65	to	to	ADP	_	66 you	case
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	61 sacrifice	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 come	punct
68	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	80 come	cc
69	than	than	ADP	_	68 rather	fixed
70	that	that	SCONJ	_	80 come	mark
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 son	det
72	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 come	nsubj
73	or	or	CCONJ	_	74 daughter	cc
74	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 son	conj
75	of	of	ADP	_	78 citizen	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 citizen	det
77	poorest	poor	ADJ	Degree=Sup	78 citizen	amod
78	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 daughter	nmod
79	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 come	aux
80	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 sacrifice	conj
81	to	to	ADP	_	83 harm	case
82	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	83 harm	det
83	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 come	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 take	punct
85	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 take	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	right	a prince and the rightful heir of your kingdom			your son vocative	tree rules
2	take in a quote	present	a prince and the rightful heir of your kingdom				upon Theseus; freely property	vn require-103 «NP V that S»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	answer speech: assert	past	Theseus				of your subjects	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a in a quote	gerund		king			over this people	tree rules
5	bind in a quote	present · passive		you				tree rules
6	sacrifice in a quote	to-infinitive			you			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient
7	is in a quote	present					dear property	tree rules
8	come in a quote	should	the son or daughter of the poorest citizen			any harm		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to harm=Initial_Location

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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