Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 3, sentence 63
One after another, King Minos called these pale, frightened youths and sobbing maidens to his footstool, gave them each a poke in the ribs with his sceptre (to try whether they were in good flesh or no), and dismissed them with a nod to his guards.
Who acts: One, maidens · What happens: call, sob, give, try, be, dismiss · To what, where: pale frightened youths, maidens, poke, ribs, good flesh, guards · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, maidens), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 called | nsubj |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 another | case |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 One | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 King | punct |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj |
| 6 | Minos | Minos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 King | flat |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 youths | det |
| 9 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 youths | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pale | punct |
| 11 | frightened | frightened | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 youths | amod |
| 12 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 called | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sobbing | cc |
| 14 | sobbing | sob | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 called | conj |
| 15 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 sobbing | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 footstool | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 footstool | nmod:poss |
| 18 | footstool | footstool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sobbing | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 gave | punct |
| 20 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | conj |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 gave | iobj |
| 22 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 poke | det |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 poke | det |
| 24 | poke | poke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gave | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 ribs | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 ribs | det |
| 27 | ribs | rib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 poke | nmod |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 sceptre | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 sceptre | nmod:poss |
| 30 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gave | obl |
| 31 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 33 try | punct |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 try | mark |
| 33 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 sceptre | acl:relcl |
| 34 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 39 flesh | mark |
| 35 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 flesh | nsubj |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 flesh | cop |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 flesh | case |
| 38 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 flesh | amod |
| 39 | flesh | flesh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 try | obl |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 41 no | cc |
| 41 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 39 flesh | conj |
| 42 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 41 no | punct |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 dismissed | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 dismissed | cc |
| 45 | dismissed | dismiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | conj |
| 46 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 dismissed | obj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 nod | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 nod | det |
| 49 | nod | nod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 dismissed | obl |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 guards | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 guards | nmod:poss |
| 52 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 dismissed | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | One after another | this pale frightened youths | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | sob | gerund | One after another not said here | maidens | to King's footstool | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | |||
| 3 | give | past | One after another not said here | each poke | maidens = maiden | the ribs | with King's sceptre | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient poke=Theme | |
| 4 | try | to-infinitive | One after another not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | past | maidens = maiden | good flesh | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | dismiss | past | One after another not said here | maidens = maiden | King's guards | with a nod | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to guard=Destination |
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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