Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 2, sentence 67
The whole people of Athens, too, who had run out of doors to see this wonderful spectacle, set up a shout of joy at the prospect of getting rid of her.
Who acts: whole people, wonderful spectacle, prospect · What happens: run, see, set up, get, shout · To what, where: doors, wonderful spectacle, shout, prospect, joy
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 (whole people, wonderful spectacle, prospect), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 2 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Athens | case |
| 5 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 run | punct |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 run | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 run | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 run | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 run | aux |
| 11 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 people | acl:relcl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 doors | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 doors | case |
| 14 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 run | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 run | advcl |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 spectacle | det |
| 18 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 spectacle | amod |
| 19 | spectacle | spectacle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 see | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 set | punct |
| 21 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 spectacle | acl |
| 22 | up | up | ADP | _ | 21 set | compound:prt |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 shout | det |
| 24 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 set | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 joy | case |
| 26 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 shout | nmod |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 prospect | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 prospect | det |
| 29 | prospect | prospect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 set | obl |
| 30 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 31 getting | mark |
| 31 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 prospect | acl |
| 32 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 getting | xcomp |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 her | case |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 rid | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 people | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past · perfect | the whole people of Athens | doors | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the whole people of Athens not said here | this wonderful spectacle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spectacle=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | set up | participle | this wonderful spectacle not said here | a shout of joy | the prospect | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shout=Theme at prospect=Destination | |||
| 4 | get | gerund | the prospect not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | shout | joy | nom shout «communication 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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