Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 18
Then he knew that the tender-hearted Ariadne was still holding the other end, and that she was fearing for him, and hoping for him, and giving him just as much of her sympathy as if she were close by his side.
Who acts: Theseus, hearted Ariadne, Ariadne · What happens: know, hold, fear, hope, give, be · To what, where: other end, much, Theseus · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Theseus, hearted Ariadne, Ariadne), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 knew | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 holding | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Ariadne | det |
| 6 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hearted | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 tender | punct |
| 8 | hearted | hearted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Ariadne | amod |
| 9 | Ariadne | Ariadne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 holding | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 holding | aux |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 holding | advmod |
| 12 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 end | det |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 end | amod |
| 15 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 holding | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fearing | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fearing | cc |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 fearing | mark |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fearing | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 fearing | aux |
| 21 | fearing | fear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | advcl |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fearing | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 hoping | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 hoping | cc |
| 26 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | advcl |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 hoping | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 giving | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 giving | cc |
| 31 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 hoping | conj |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 giving | iobj |
| 33 | just | just | ADV | _ | 35 much | advmod |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 much | advmod |
| 35 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 giving | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 sympathy | case |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 sympathy | nmod:poss |
| 38 | sympathy | sympathy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 much | nmod |
| 39 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 close | mark |
| 40 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 43 close | mark |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 close | nsubj |
| 42 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 close | cop |
| 43 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 giving | advcl |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 side | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 side | nmod:poss |
| 46 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 close | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Theseus | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | hold | past · progressive | the hearted Ariadne | the other end | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme | |||
| 3 | fear | past · progressive | Ariadne | for Theseus | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for he=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | hope | gerund | Theseus not said here | for Theseus | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | gerund | Theseus not said here | much of Ariadne's sympathy | Theseus | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient much=Theme | |||
| 6 | is | past | Ariadne | by Theseus's side; close property | tree rules |
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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