Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 2, sentence 40

But, partly through his infirmities, and partly because it seemed so sad a thing to take away this young man's life, however wicked he might be, and partly, no doubt, because his heart was wiser than his head, and quaked within him at the thought of what he was going to do--for all these reasons, the king's hand trembled so much that a great deal of the wine slopped over.

Who acts: it, Theseus, heart, hand, great deal · What happens: seem, take away, be, quake, go, do · To what, where: thing, life, wine

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 (it, Theseus, heart, hand), 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 seemed	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seemed	punct
3	partly	partly	ADV	_	12 seemed	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 infirmities	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 infirmities	nmod:poss
6	infirmities	infirmity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 partly	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seemed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 seemed	cc
9	partly	partly	ADV	_	12 seemed	advmod
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 seemed	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seemed	nsubj
12	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 sad	advmod
14	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seemed	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 thing	det
16	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seemed	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 take	mark
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 seemed	advcl
19	away	away	ADP	_	18 take	compound:prt
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 man	det
21	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 man	amod
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 life	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 man	case
24	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 wicked	punct
26	however	however	ADV	_	27 wicked	advmod
27	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seemed	parataxis
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 be	nsubj
29	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 be	aux
30	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 wicked	ccomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 doubt	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 doubt	cc
33	partly	partly	ADV	_	36 doubt	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 doubt	punct
35	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	36 doubt	det
36	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seemed	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 wiser	punct
38	because	because	SCONJ	_	42 wiser	mark
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 heart	nmod:poss
40	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wiser	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 wiser	cop
42	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 seemed	parataxis
43	than	than	ADP	_	45 head	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 head	nmod:poss
45	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wiser	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 quaked	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 quaked	cc
48	quaked	quake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 seemed	conj
49	within	within	ADP	_	50 him	case
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 quaked	obl
51	at	at	ADP	_	53 thought	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 thought	det
53	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 quaked	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 what	case
55	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 thought	nmod
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 going	nsubj
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 going	aux
58	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 what	acl:relcl
59	to	to	PART	_	60 do	mark
60	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 going	xcomp
61	--	--	PUNCT	_	65 reasons	punct
62	for	for	ADP	_	65 reasons	case
63	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	65 reasons	det:predet
64	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	65 reasons	det
65	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 quaked	parataxis
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 trembled	punct
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 king	det
68	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 hand	nmod:poss
69	's	's	PART	_	68 king	case
70	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 trembled	nsubj
71	trembled	tremble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 reasons	conj
72	so	so	ADV	_	73 much	advmod
73	much	much	ADV	_	71 trembled	advmod
74	that	that	SCONJ	_	81 slopped	mark
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 deal	det
76	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 deal	amod
77	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 slopped	nsubj
78	of	of	ADP	_	80 wine	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 wine	det
80	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 deal	nmod
81	slopped	slop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 trembled	advcl
82	over	over	ADV	_	81 slopped	advmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seem	past	it	a thing	no doubt obl; partly, sad property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Attribute
2	take away	to-infinitive		this young man's life		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
3	be	might	Theseus			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	Theseus's heart		than Theseus's head; wise property	tree rules
5	quake	past			within Theseus; at the thought	vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at thought=Stimulus
6	go	past · progressive	Theseus			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	do	to-infinitive	Theseus not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	tremble	past	the king's hand			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	slop over	past	a great deal of the wine		over property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
10	deal			the wine		nom deal «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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