Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 28
And O, my good little people, you will perhaps see, one of these days, as I do now, that every human being who suffers any thing evil to get into his nature, or to remain there, is a kind of Minotaur, an enemy of his fellow-creatures, and separated from all good companionship, as this poor monster was.
Who acts: good little people, I, poor monster · What happens: see, do, suffer, get, remain, be · To what, where: one, thing evil, nature, kind, fellow creatures
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 (good little people, I, poor monster), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 people | cc |
| 2 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 7 people | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 people | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 people | nmod:poss |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 people | amod |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 see | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 people | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 see | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | aux |
| 11 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 12 see | advmod |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 days | case |
| 16 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 17 days | det |
| 17 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 one | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 do | punct |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 do | nsubj |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | parataxis |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 do | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 human | punct |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 human | mark |
| 25 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 human | det |
| 26 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 do | conj |
| 27 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 human | advcl |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 suffers | nsubj |
| 29 | suffers | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 being | parataxis |
| 30 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 evil | det |
| 31 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 evil | compound |
| 32 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 suffers | obj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 get | mark |
| 34 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 evil | acl |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 37 nature | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 nature | nmod:poss |
| 37 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 get | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 remain | punct |
| 39 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 41 remain | cc |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 remain | mark |
| 41 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 get | conj |
| 42 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 remain | advmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 kind | punct |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 kind | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 kind | det |
| 46 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 suffers | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Minotaur | case |
| 48 | Minotaur | Minotaur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 kind | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 enemy | punct |
| 50 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 enemy | det |
| 51 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 kind | nmod |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 creatures | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 creatures | nmod:poss |
| 54 | fellow | fellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 creatures | amod |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 fellow | punct |
| 56 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 enemy | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 separated | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 separated | cc |
| 59 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 creatures | acl |
| 60 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 companionship | case |
| 61 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 63 companionship | det |
| 62 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 companionship | amod |
| 63 | companionship | companionship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 separated | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 was | punct |
| 65 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 69 was | mark |
| 66 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 68 monster | det |
| 67 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 monster | amod |
| 68 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 was | nsubj |
| 69 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 separated | conj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | future | my good little people | one of this days | perhaps property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | do | present | I | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | suffer | present | any thing evil | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evil=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | get | to-infinitive | any thing evil not said here | Theseus's nature | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into nature=Destination | ||||
| 5 | remain | to-infinitive | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | is a | present | a kind | of Minotaur; a enemy of Theseus's fellow creatures nmod | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | separate | participle | Theseus's fellow creatures not said here | from all good companionship | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from companionship=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | be | past | this poor monster | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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