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Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 33

Bold as he was, however, I rather fancy that it strengthened his valiant heart, just at this crisis, to feel a tremulous twitch at the silken cord, which he was still holding in his left hand.

Who acts: Minotaur, I, last, silken cord · What happens: be, fancy, strengthen, feel, hold · To what, where: valiant heart, crisis, tremulous twitch, silken cord, left hand

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 (Minotaur, I, last, silken cord), 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

marknsubjadvclpunctadvmodpunctnsubjadvmodconjmarknsubjccompnmod:possamodobjpunctadvmodcasedetnmodpunctmarkconjdetamodobjcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootBoldADJasSCONJhePRONwasVERB,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTIPRONratherADVfancyVERBthatSCONJitPRONstrengthenedVERBhisPRONvaliantADJheartNOUN,PUNCTjustADVatADPthisDETcrisisNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTfeelVERBaDETtremulousADJtwitchNOUNatADPtheDETsilkenADJcordNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONwasAUXstillADVholdingVERBinADPhisPRONleftADJhandNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BoldboldADJDegree=Posrootroot
2asasSCONJ_4 wasmark
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 wasnsubj
4wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Boldadvcl
5,,PUNCT_1 Boldpunct
6howeverhoweverADV_1 Boldadvmod
7,,PUNCT_10 fancypunct
8IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 fancynsubj
9ratherratherADV_10 fancyadvmod
10fancyfancyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Boldconj
11thatthatSCONJ_13 strengthenedmark
12ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 strengthenednsubj
13strengthenedstrengthenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 fancyccomp
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 heartnmod:poss
15valiantvaliantADJDegree=Pos16 heartamod
16heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing13 strengthenedobj
17,,PUNCT_21 crisispunct
18justjustADV_21 crisisadvmod
19atatADP_21 crisiscase
20thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem21 crisisdet
21crisiscrisisNOUNNumber=Sing16 heartnmod
22,,PUNCT_24 feelpunct
23totoPART_24 feelmark
24feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf13 strengthenedconj
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 twitchdet
26tremuloustremulousADJDegree=Pos27 twitchamod
27twitchtwitchNOUNNumber=Sing24 feelobj
28atatADP_31 cordcase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 corddet
30silkensilkenADJDegree=Pos31 cordamod
31cordcordNOUNNumber=Sing24 feelobl
32,,PUNCT_37 holdingpunct
33whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel37 holdingnsubj
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 holdingnsubj
35wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 holdingaux
36stillstillADV_37 holdingadvmod
37holdingholdVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 cordacl:relcl
38ininADP_41 handcase
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 handnmod:poss
40leftleftADJDegree=Pos41 handamod
41handhandNOUNNumber=Sing37 holdingobl
42..PUNCT_1 Boldpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepastMinotaurvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2fancypresentIvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3strengthenpastlastMinotaur's valiant heartthis crisisvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
4feelto-infinitivelast not said herea tremulous twitchthe silken cordvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent twitch=Theme at cord=Location
5holdpast · progressivethe silken cordMinotaur's left handstillvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location

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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